Definition of oxygen mask
: a device worn over the nose and mouth through which oxygen is supplied from a storage tank
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Firefighter/paramedic Brian Relihan held an oxygen mask close to the baby's face to help out.
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At 27,000 feet, there was a loud pop, wind hit her face as the cabin depressurized, and oxygen masks dropped from the ceiling.
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The oxygen masks deployed about five seconds after the bangs.
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Passenger Glen Eichelberger said at around 9 p.m., the oxygen masks came down and passengers were told to put them on because the cabin was losing pressure.
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Later in the reception, guests enjoyed a photo booth with an green screen simulating the interior of a plane cabin and posed with oxygen masks on decommissioned business seats from the couple's living room.
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The plane lost cabin pressure and passengers tweeted pictures of themselves with oxygen masks on.
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When a hole is punctured, then there’s less pressure, there’s less oxygen, and that’s when the oxygen masks come down.
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Other startling photos show at least one window pane almost completely torn away and emergency oxygen masks dangling above empty seats.
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First Known Use of oxygen mask
1920
OXYGEN MASK Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of oxygen mask for English Language Learners
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: a mask worn over your nose and mouth so that you can breathe oxygen from a storage tank
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oxygen mask
medical Definition of oxygen mask
: a device worn over the nose and mouth through which oxygen is supplied from a storage tank
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