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pressure vessel

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noun

  1. engineering a vessel designed for containing substances, reactions, etc, at pressures above atmospheric pressure

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Harvard University astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell in his online Space Report identified the debris found on Burucki’s property as a composite overwrapped pressure vessel from the second stage.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 20, 2025

Johnson placed the proteins in the pressure vessel and adjusted the system to mimic the pressure and temperature conditions required for clathrate formation.

From Science Daily Sep. 27, 2023

The petition asks the NRC to convene a hearing to review a 2003 decision by agency staff to extend the testing schedule for the Unit 1 pressure vessel until 2025.

From Seattle Times Sep. 14, 2023

The structural backbone of the crew module is called the pressure vessel, made of an aluminium-lithium alloy.

From BBC Nov. 10, 2021

"Do we have any information on the state of the rover pressure vessel?"

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