pressurizedadj.
/ˈprɛʃərʌɪzd/, U.S. /ˈprɛʃəˌraɪzd/ 1.
a. Of an aircraft cabin, spacesuit, etc.: supplied with an interior air pressure close to normal atmospheric pressure.
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the world > matter > gas > air > [adjective] > under pressure
pressurized1938
society > travel > air or space travel > specific movements or positions of aircraft > aerodynamic forces and concepts > [adjective] > maintaining air pressure close to normal
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1938 Time 23 May 33 Without pressurized cabins, planes now fly as high as 14,000 feet.
1951 A. C. Clarke Across Sea of Stars (1959) 4 We could live comfortable for a month in our pressurised tractors.
1958 Times 28 Aug. 9/4 ‘Colonists’ [on the moon]..unable to quit their pressurized suits for a moment.
1975 D. Lodge Changing Places i. 3 They were protected from the thin, cold air by the pressurized cabins of two Boeing 707s.
1991 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 12 Nov. 43 It could have been disastrous for the crew if the window in the pressurized craft had failed.
b. Of a vessel or device: containing fluid under pressure. Also, of a procedure: involving fluid under pressure.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > [adjective] > types of
ring pull1917
flip-top1955
pressurized1976
1949 R. W. Bartlett Security for People 186 Another steelmaking improvement, still experimental, is pressurized smelting.
1976 Which? Feb. 37/1 Technically, an aerosol is simply a fine spray. Most people use the word to describe the pressurised can that produces a spray.
1985 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 310 168 Developments in irrigation technology..have demonstrated that gravity application systems can be operated at efficiencies comparable with those of pressurized methods.
2003 Chile Pepper Apr. 53/1 The wine is fermented in pressurized tanks to preserve the carbon dioxide and bubbles.
c. Of a fluid: increased in pressure; at a pressure greater than normal atmospheric pressure.
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the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > [adjective] > of or relating to pressure > of a fluid: increased in pressure
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1953 Chem. & Engin. News 3 Aug. 3187/3 The AEC is continuing research and development work on the pressurized water reactor.
1958 Times Rev. Industry July 32/2 Pressurized fluid is fed to the power valve which..actuates the brake.
1968 M. Woodhouse Rock Baby xviii. 182 Find out if there's still pressurized gas within the casing.
1992 A. Gray Poor Things (1993) 273 As locomotive engines are driven by pressurized steam, so the mind of Archibald McCandless was driven by carefully hidden envy.
2001 K. Ives in R. Catlow & S. Greenfield Cosmic Rays 47 As this pressurized stream of water joins the main flow into the flotation tank, the pressure is released and the air appears as a cloud of fine bubbles.
2. figurative. Of a person, situation, etc.: subject to psychological, moral, or other non-physical pressure; under moral, psychological, or social pressure or constraint.
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the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > [adjective] > pressurizing > pressurized
pressured1868
pressurized1953
1953 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 14 May 41/1 Women bowlers will get their chance at the most pressurized ten pin tournament in the county.
1965 Punch 22 Sept. 425/2 This going out of London has made the job very pressurised. Weekends are hectic.
1988 Natural Choice ii. 8/1 I enjoy coping with five things at once... I'm the sort of person who can deal with pressurised situations.
2004 China Daily (Nexis) 31 Dec. People between 27 and 35 are the most likely age group to feel pressurized, a recent survey by Shanghai Mental Health Centre has revealed.
Compounds
pressurized-water reactor n. a nuclear reactor in which the coolant is water at high pressure.
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the world > matter > physics > atomic nucleus > nuclear fission > nuclear reactor > [noun] > cooled by water
pressurized-water reactor1953
PWR1954
light water reactor1956
LWR1974
1953 Chem. & Engin. News 3 Aug. 3187/3 The AEC is continuing research and development work on the pressurized water reactor.
1960 Economist 22 Oct. 392/2 One important aspect of Dreadnought is that it gives British technicians a first experience of a pressurised water reactor.
1994 Amer. Scientist Oct. 496/1 He recounts the competition between Westinghouse, leading manufacturer of pressurized-water reactors, and General Electric, sole manufacturer of boiling-water reactors.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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