space suit

noun

1
: a suit equipped with life supporting provisions to make life in space possible for its wearer
2
: g suit

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The Wandering Earth – 2019 Few sci-fi films have treated space suit design with the same obsessive realism as The Wandering Earth, China’s first large-scale sci-fi production. Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2025 The Adventure Science Center set up a display built around Jahangir's Blue Orbit space suit. Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 25 Sep. 2025 Clad in royal blue space suits, the six women (including Gayle King and Lauren Sánchez) traveled 62 miles above Earth. Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 18 Sep. 2025 Some recent career highlights include dressing Beyonce for her Cowboy Carter tour in Paris, with a custom patchwork leather cape, and dressing Zendaya in a custom space suits for the Zone Dreamers film campaign by On. Nadja Sayej, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for space suit

Word History

First Known Use

1929, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of space suit was in 1929

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“Space suit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/space%20suit. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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space suit

noun
: a suit equipped to make life in space possible for its wearer

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