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 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 Will my descendants someday put on a pressure suit and protective gear, walk out an airlock into a rusty landscape and butterscotch sky, and see a phenomenon like this towering above them? Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 7 Mar. 2012 First, the astronaut in peril would don his pressure suit then secure himself with straps into the 6-foot mylar bag containing the MOOSE. Amy Shira Teitel, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2017 The cockpit was plunged into darkness and the cabin depressurized, triggering his pressure suit to inflate. Guest Blogger, Discover Magazine, 11 Mar. 2013 Exasperated, Shepard had little choice but to relieve himself in his pressure suit. Ben Evans, Discover Magazine, 5 May 2021 See More

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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 1 Oct. 2023.

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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