Air Lock
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air lock
–noun
| 1. | Civil Engineering. an airtight chamber permitting passage to or from a space, as in a caisson, in which the air is kept under pressure. |
| 2. | the impedance in the functioning of a pump or a system of piping caused by the presence of an air bubble; vapor lock. |
[Origin: 1855–60
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air-lock
[air-lok] Pronunciation Key
[air-lok] Pronunciation Key –verb (used with object)
| to place in or confine to an air lock: to air-lock divers before they descend. |
[Origin: 1855–60]
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| air lock
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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| air lock | |
noun | |
| a chamber that provides access to space where air is under pressure [syn: airlock] |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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