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pressurized suit

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noun

Aerospace.
  1. an airtight suit that can be inflated to maintain approximately normal atmospheric pressure on a person in space or at high altitudes.


Etymology

Origin of pressurized suit

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

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They also wear a hooded pressurized suit, fully zipped, that is connected at the small of their back to a hose that pumps in HEPA-filtered air drawn from outside the building.

From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2021

Goodrich tire company in Ohio to create a pressurized suit that could withstand extreme temperatures and a weightless environment.

From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2017

And if you watch the video, you hear his ground crew tell him to disconnect the two oxygen supply hoses attached to his pressurized suit.

From Time • May 19, 2015

Baumgartner has started the process of putting on his custom-made pressurized suit with the assistance of fellow team member Mike Todd.

From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2012

A space egg had smashed through the cockpit Plexi-glass and then pierced his pressurized suit.

From Ten From Infinity by Fairman, Paul W.

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