pressure cabin

noun

: a pressurized cabin

Examples of pressure cabin in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web To avoid destructive neutrons the crew and passengers must be placed as far as practical from the reactor itself, hence the pressure cabin would be located in the nose of a long fuselage. Thomas E. Stimson, Popular Mechanics, 15 July 2021

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Word History

First Known Use

1935, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of pressure cabin was in 1935

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“Pressure cabin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pressure%20cabin. Accessed 17 Jun. 2024.

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