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
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It is piloted by a single human who must wear a full pressure suit, like an astronaut.
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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
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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
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First Known Use
1936, in the meaning defined above
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pressure suit
noun
: an inflatable suit for high-altitude or space flight to protect the body from low pressure
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