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The pressure suit helps if something goes wrong during launch or re-entry - astronauts have a way to parachute off the shuttle. The suits protect you from loss of pressure in case of emergency.
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Meaning of "pressure suit" in the English dictionary

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRESSURE SUIT

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Pressure suit is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PRESSURE SUIT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Pressure suit

A pressure suit is a protective suit worn by high-altitude pilots who may fly at altitudes where the air pressure is too low for an unprotected person to survive, even breathing pure oxygen at positive pressure. Such suits may be either full-pressure or partial-pressure. Partial-pressure suits work by providing mechanical counter-pressure to assist breathing at altitude.

Definition of pressure suit in the English dictionary

The definition of pressure suit in the dictionary is an inflatable suit worn by a person flying at high altitudes or in space, to provide protection from low pressure.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRESSURE SUIT

pressure
pressure cabin
pressure cooker
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pressure group
pressure head
pressure point
pressure sore
pressure ulcer
pressure vessel
pressure-cook
pressure-feed
pressured
pressureless
pressurisation
pressuriser
pressurization
pressurize

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRESSURE SUIT

bathing suit
birthday suit
business suit
diving suit
dress suit
follow suit
jogging suit
jump suit
leisure suit
long suit
lounge suit
major suit
sailor suit
strong suit
suit
sweat suit
swimming suit
three-piece suit
trouser suit
union suit
zoot suit

Synonyms and antonyms of pressure suit in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «pressure suit» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRESSURE SUIT

Find out the translation of pressure suit to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pressure suit from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pressure suit» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

压力服
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

traje de presión
570 millions of speakers

English

pressure suit
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दबाव सूट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

دعوى الضغط
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

скафандр
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

traje pressurizado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চাপ মামলা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

maillot de pression
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Saman tekanan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Druckanzug
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

与圧服
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

압력 양복
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Setelan meksa
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phù hợp với áp lực
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அழுத்தம் பொருத்தம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दबाव खटला
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Basınçlı elbise
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tuta a pressione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

garnitur ciśnienie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

скафандр
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

costum presiune
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κοστούμι πίεσης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

druk pak
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tryck kostym
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

trykkdrakt
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pressure suit

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Sally Ride
The pressure suit helps if something goes wrong during launch or re-entry - astronauts have a way to parachute off the shuttle. The suits protect you from loss of pressure in case of emergency.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRESSURE SUIT»

Discover the use of pressure suit in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pressure suit and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Investigation of a Cable-driven Parallel Mechanism for ...
Elizabeth Ann Benson. However, there are ways of getting around this limitation in pressure differential. The 'prebreathe' is a common practice in modern EVA operations, where astronauts and cosmonauts must move from the high operating ...
Elizabeth Ann Benson, 2007
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SR-71 Revealed : The Untold Story
Although not considered a military uniform, the David Clark Co. model 1030 pressure suit was the most prized uniform for aspiring Habus— it meant they were one step closer to flying the aircraft! My day finally arrived for fitting the $120,000 ...
Richard H. Graham
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Dressing for Altitude: U.S. Aviation Pressure Suits, Wiley ...
S-l partial-pressure suit (Henry Suit), 125-30, 129, 130, gloves, 321 lace- adjustment features, 319 number of suits produced. 322 sizing of, 321 suit controllers, 320-21 A/P22S-2 suit development. 262-63, 266-67, 268. 269 A/ P22S-2A suit ...
Dennis R. Jenkins, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Douglas F4D Skyray Pilot's Flight Operating Instructions
When wearing the SPD-Zl partial pressure suit helmet, activate the Mil-2 cylinder and regulator assembly by pulling the green apple on the assembly and descend to a lower altitude_ PARTIAL PRESSURE SUIT Later airplanes"I are equipped ...
United States Navy, USN, 2008
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F-4 Phantom Pilot's Flight Operating Manual
MK W PRESSURE SUIT The full pressure suit {figure i-Ti consists of a twolayer garment. The inner garment is an air-tight, oaone resistant, neoprene rubber layer, the only interruption being at the entrance which is sealed by a pressure ...
Periscope Film Com, 2007
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Russian Spacesuits
The Soviet/Russian spacesuit family tree 3 .1 Newspaper reports about the first Soviet high-altitude full pressure suit Ch-1 developed by design engineer E.E. Chertovsky (early 1930s) 6 .2 Pilots wearing E.E. Chertovsky's Ch-3 suit 7 .3 ...
Isaac Abramov, Isaak Pavlovich Abramov, Ingemar Skoog, 2003
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MACDONNELL DOUGLAS F-4 PHANTOM II: MANUAL FLIGHT 7
The RSO has no control over cockpit or pressure suit temperatures. MK IV PRESSURE SUIT The full pressure suit consists of a two—layer garment. The inner garment is an air tight, ozone resistant, neoprene rubber layer, the only interruption ...
COSTARMAEREO, 1965
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Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo
Instead of what would become known as a “partial” pressure suit, like those then manufactured by David Clark, this was a “full” pressure suit, the true heir to Post's “tire shaped like a man.” As opposed to inflating bladders or capstans to put ...
Nicholas De Monchaux, 2011
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X-15 Rocket Plane Pilot's Flight Operating Manual
The oxygen supply is also utilized to pressurize the pilot's pressure suit in case the nitrogen ventilation and pressurization supply should fail. The oxygen supply to the pressure suit helmet must be on and the helmet visor must be down before  ...
Periscope Film Com, 2006
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U. S. Spacesuits
His 1920 published studies included a concept for a fabric high-altitude, full pressure suit. In 1931, an American daredevil named Mark Ridge became obsessed with breaking the world's altitude record in an open gondola balloon using a ...
Kenneth S. Thomas, Harold J. McMann, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRESSURE SUIT»

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Skin Thins in Space
ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti checks her Sokol pressure suit in preparation for the Expedition 43 crew's departure from the ... «R & D Magazine, Jul 15»
2
Smithsonian turns to Kickstarter to preserve Neil Armstrong's spacesuit
The 'Reboot the Suit' campaign seeks $500,000 in crowdfunding to restore, display, and digitize the iconic pressure suit worn by the first man to ... «Christian Science Monitor, Jul 15»
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46 years since man first landed on the moon: A look at the NASA …
One can wriggle into the Launch Entry Suit, a partial-pressure suit that Space Shuttle astronauts wore during ascent and descent. Introduced ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
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Where to find live tunes around town
... Everett; www.facebook.com/EverettMusicInitiative. July 17: Vox Mod with Sphyramid and Pressure Suit, 8 p.m., &7 advance/$10 door. «HeraldNet, Jul 15»
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'The Astronaut Wives Club': Space history vs. Hollywood in Episode …
"That was the day before launch, and we had a firm ground rule that we didn't put anything new into the spacecraft, or into the pressure suit at ... «collectSPACE.com, Jul 15»
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That time a fighter pilot ejected into a thunderstorm and rode the …
The senior Marine pilot wasn't wearing a pressure suit, so as soon as he hit the surrounding atmosphere at that altitude his body was put ... «We Are The Mighty, Jul 15»
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A New Way To Get To Space
Though the cabin is pressurized, you're wearing a pressure suit as backup. Air traffic control speaks through the radio in your helmet. “Cleared ... «Popular Science, Jul 15»
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That's me in the picture: Bruce McCandless, 47, in the world's first …
On the day itself, I put on my underwear, complete with airducts and flexible tubing filled with water to cool me down, and my pressure suit. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Ravenshoe blast survivor Di Hodges endures wounds but regards …
Mrs Hodges will have to wear a pressure suit on her damaged skin for up to two years, but she is full of gratitude. "Looking out the window at ... «ABC Online, Jun 15»
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Trio Of Astronauts Return To Earth After Record-Breaking ISS Mission
ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, of Italy, checking her Sokol pressure suit aboard the International Space Station. Cristoforetti, who set an ... «WUNC, Jun 15»

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