air bell
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of air bell
First recorded in 1960–65
Example Sentences
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While concentrations varied daily, typical concentrations of lead particles ranged from 0.6 to 1 microgram per cubic meter of air, Bell and her thesis adviser Catherine Cahill found.
From US News
Even off the air, Bell sounds and looks like a hood just back from escort duty on a one-way ride.
From Time Magazine Archive
The three engines are H.T.&T. assisted-vacuo Fleury turbines running from 3000 to the Limit—that is to say, up to the point when the blades make the air "bell"—cut out a vacuum for themselves precisely as over-driven marine propellers used to do. "162's" Limit is low on account of the small size of her nine screws, which, though handier than the old colloid Thelussons, "bell" sooner.
From Project Gutenberg
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