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Definition of "pressure suit" []

  • A garment that is worn in high-altitude aircraft or in spacecraft to compensate for low-pressure conditions. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "pressure suit" in a sentence
  • "P8 followed close behind him, curling herself and her custom-made pressure suit into a ball as she bounced over the half-blocked threshold."
  • "Before Kirk could step into their midst, he was accosted by Errico, who held a lightweight blue pressure suit in front of him."
  • "He took his communicator, opened it so that it lay flat, and affixed it with bonding material to the inside of his high-impact helmet, the one that came with the pressure suit scrounged by Errico."
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