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pressure suit
pressure suit
noun
- an inflatable suit worn by a person flying at high altitudes or in space, to provide protection from low pressure
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Origin of pressure suit1
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Example Sentences
Even the simple task of grasping an object is exponentially more difficult in a pressure suit.
He looked at the engineer's thin face, and his hands were trembling as he opened the pressure suit.
He tore open a pressure-suit cupboard in the wall beside the lock door.
A pressure suit was completely independent of weather and regulated its own internal heat.
Beside the door on a hook hung an inflated pressure suit, complete with gloves, boots, and helmet.
He was struggling to make himself think when he saw Nagel leap for his pressure suit.
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