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pressure suit

pressure suit

4 7.3
A protective suit filled with air that keeps normal air pressure around the body in space or high altitudes
  • noun
  • /ˈprɛʃər suːt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : traje de presión
  • Pilots must wear a pressure suit to protect themselves during high-altitude flights.

So he's going to want to be in a pressure suit that probably is closest to an ACES suit, and he's going to do a parachute on on voluntary parachute jump.

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Examples

  • Astronauts rely on a pressure suit to maintain air pressure in the vacuum of space.

  • If you are exposed to that low pressure environment, you need a full pressure suit to survive.

  • With a Soviet pressure suit, we're told, that was designed for the lunar surface.

    First Man (2018)

  • There were no identifying marks on the pressure suit; it might be either American or Russian.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • So Clay worked his way back into his pressure suit and left the habitat.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • There are pressure suits in the airlock.

    Event Horizon (1997)

  • I've got to test two new pressure suits.

    Gog (1954)

  • The extra helmet had been glued over a hole cut in the pressure suit.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Harry and six Roughnecks are already at the bottom, in pressure suits and helmets.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • In case of mishap, we would be safer inside the habitat, especially sealed in pressure suits.

    Fiction book (1998)

Synonyms

spacesuit
vspressure suit
  • Specialized
16 4.0

A suit that protects astronauts in space by providing oxygen and pressure

uses an inflatable garment to keep normal air around the body at high altitude

How Pressurized

spacesuit
  • Specialized
16 4.0
pressure suit
  • Specialized
4 7.3

Surface Forms

pressure suit singular
pressure suits plural

Morphology

pressure + suit

The meaning is directly and compositionally built from 'pressure' (relating to air/force) + 'suit' (a garment), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it is a garment that manages or protects against pressure. This noun-noun compound follows a common cross-linguistic pattern (garment for X), making the sense readily recoverable without prior exposure.

Etymology

The compound noun pressure suit is named for how it works: pressure means the push of air and suit is clothing, so it is clothing that keeps air pressure around the body. Think of it as a personal balloon that keeps a steady 'air pressure' so pilots and astronauts can breathe and survive in thin or no air.