compressed air

noun

air compressed, especially by mechanical means, to a pressure higher than the surrounding atmospheric pressure.

Origin of compressed air

First recorded in 1660–70

Words nearby compressed air

comprehension, comprehensive, comprehensive school, compress, compressed, compressed air, compressed speech, compressibility, compression, compression cyanosis, compression fracture

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Example sentences from the Web for compressed air

The hoisting was done by a small Lidgerwood compressed-air hoister, and set up on an overhead platform across the tunnel.
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910|B. H. M. Hewett
In such places, low, compressed-air locomotives were sometimes used; but these were very expensive.
Every-day Science: Volume VI. The Conquest of Nature|Henry Smith Williams
Her motive power consisted of compressed-air engines of eighty horsepower.
The Submarine in War and Peace|Simon Lake
Our compressed-air reservoir was a soda-water fountain tank.
The Submarine in War and Peace|Simon Lake

Prior to 1893 Mr. Hargraves (of cellular kite fame) studied the question of compressed-air motors for model flying machines.
The Theory and Practice of Model Aeroplaning|V. E. Johnson

British Dictionary definitions for compressed air

compressed air

noun

air at a higher pressure than atmospheric pressure: used esp as a source of power for machines

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单词	compressed air
释义	compressed air noun air compressed, especially by mechanical means, to a pressure higher than the surrounding atmospheric pressure. Origin of compressed air First recorded in 1660–70 Words nearby compressed air comprehension, comprehensive, comprehensive school, compress, compressed, compressed air, compressed speech, compressibility, compression, compression cyanosis, compression fracture Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for compressed air The hoisting was done by a small Lidgerwood compressed-air hoister, and set up on an overhead platform across the tunnel. Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910\|B. H. M. Hewett In such places, low, compressed-air locomotives were sometimes used; but these were very expensive. Every-day Science: Volume VI. The Conquest of Nature\|Henry Smith Williams Her motive power consisted of compressed-air engines of eighty horsepower. The Submarine in War and Peace\|Simon Lake Our compressed-air reservoir was a soda-water fountain tank. The Submarine in War and Peace\|Simon Lake Prior to 1893 Mr. Hargraves (of cellular kite fame) studied the question of compressed-air motors for model flying machines. The Theory and Practice of Model Aeroplaning\|V. E. Johnson British Dictionary definitions for compressed air compressed air noun air at a higher pressure than atmospheric pressure: used esp as a source of power for machines 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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