air suspension

noun

: a method of vehicle suspension that uses pressurized air instead of metal springs compare air spring

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With electric all-wheel drive and an adjustable air suspension, the sleek SUV has gull-wing doors. Mark Phelan, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025 Both utilize various systems in the vehicle to optimize for those two very different driving scenarios, including air suspension and traction response. New Atlas, 15 Aug. 2025 With electric all-wheel drive and an adjustable air suspension, the sleek SUV has gull-wing doors. Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 14 Aug. 2025 Ram then pushed their pickup’s luxuriousness to yet another level in 2018, with the arrival of an all-new truck offering both air suspension for a smoother ride and a mild hybrid V8 for a smoother power delivery alongside an available 12-inch vertical touchscreen. Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 5 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for air suspension

Word History

First Known Use

1910, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of air suspension was in 1910

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“Air suspension.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20suspension. Accessed 6 Sep. 2025.

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