pressure suit

noun

: an inflatable suit for high-altitude or space flight to protect the body from low pressure

Examples of pressure suit in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In the first, humans simply raise Mars’ atmospheric pressure until space colonists can walk around with a breathing apparatus instead of the full astronaut pressure suit used in spacewalks. John Wenz, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2018 The astronauts will put on their orange pressure suits for some of these activities, according to Parsons. Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 18 Aug. 2023 In such a case, the astronauts, wearing flame-resistant pressure suits, would exit the Orion spacecraft's hatch and dart across one level of the tower, then climb into baskets designed to slide down cables to a terminus about a quarter-mile west of the launch pad. Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 18 Aug. 2023 This time, the crew would step outside Dragon to perform a spacewalk using pressure suits designed by SpaceX. Also in April, Boeing is expected to launch a pair of NASA astronauts to the space station on the first crewed test flight of its Starliner spacecraft. Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2024 It is piloted by a single human who must wear a full pressure suit, like an astronaut. Douglas Fox, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2023 An artist recently donated two prints of the early 20th century Wiley Post pressure suit and an astronaut in the NASA AX-5 pressure suit. Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 May 2021 Some people get claustrophobia in a pressure suit. Jim Clash, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2021 Neither was wearing a pressure suit. Anna Russel, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2021

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Word History

First Known Use

1936, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of pressure suit was in 1936

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“Pressure suit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pressure%20suit. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

Medical Definition

pressure suit

noun
: an inflatable suit for high-altitude or space flight to protect the body from low pressure
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