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Definitions: Air Cushion |
Air CushionNoun1. The trapped air that supports a hovercraft a short distance above the water or ground. 2. A mechanical device using confined air to absorb the shock of motion. 3. A cushion usually made of rubber or plastic that can be inflated. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Mining | Air trapped in the bottom of a dry borehole by the rapid descent of atight string of borehole equipment. Syn:air block. (references) |
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Synonyms: Air CushionSynonyms: air spring (n), inflatable cushion (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Air Cushion |
| English words defined with "air cushion": ground-effect machine ♦ hovercraft. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "air cushion": aerostatic-type air cushion vehicle, air block, air cushion restraint system, air cushion vehicle, air-cushion conveyor ♦ captured air bubble cushion, case assembler, CASE FINISHER, cushion borne ♦ ground effect machine ♦ hovering craft ♦ instrument-case finisher ♦ KAPOK-AND-COTTON-MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ leather-case finisher ♦ sidewall air cushion, SLIP-SEAT COVERER. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | A Patrol Air Cushion Vehicle (PACV) leaves the ship's well deck, circa January-February 1967, probably in the vicinity of San Diego, California. The PACVs had seen experimental service in South Vietnam's Mekong River Delta. The original photograph was released by Commander Amphibious Force, Pacific Fleet, on 15 February 1967.Credit: NAVY. |
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Expressions using "air cushion": air cushion restraint system ♦ air cushion vehicle ♦ sidewall air cushion. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
air cushion | 41 |
air cushion vehicle | 7 |
air cushion wedge | 5 |
landing craft air cushion | 4 |
air cushion design hovercraft scale vehicle | 3 |
air cushion step | 3 |
air cushion hawk seat | 3 |
air cushion invalid | 2 |
air cushion motorcycle seat | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "air cushion"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | jastëk ajror. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مهبط للطائرات (airport). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | надуваема възглавница, амортизатор (absorber, buffer, shock absorber), демпфер. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | nafukovací poduška. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | luftpude (air bag restraint system, air cushion restraint system, air safety bag, cushion, inflatable airbag, inflatable cushion, pneumatic cushion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | luchtkussen (air-cushion, cushion, inflatable cushion, pneumatic cushion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | aerkuseno. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | turvatyyny (air bag restraint system, air cushion restraint system, air safety bag, inflatable airbag), merikelpoinen ilmatyynyalus (marine air cushion craft, marine hovercraft, seagoing hovercraft), ilmatyynyalus (air cushion vehicle, hovercraft, hovering craft), ilmatyynyajoneuvo (air cushion vehicle, hovercraft, hovering craft), ilmatyyny,joka rajataan jäykillä sivuseinillä ja joustavilla etu-ja takahelmoilla (captured air bubble cushion, sidewall air cushion), ilmapatjatuenta (air cushion levitation), ilmapatjaleijunta (air cushion levitation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | coussin pneumatique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Luftkissen (cushion, inflatable cushion, pneumatic cushion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μαξιλάρι με πεπιεσμένο αέρα (inflatable cushion, pneumatic cushion), φουσκωτό μαξιλάρι (inflatable cushion, pneumatic cushion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | pneumatikus lökéstompító, légpárna. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | cuscino pneumatico (inflatable cushion, pneumatic cushion, pneumatic seat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 空気枕 , エール大学 (acquired immune deficiency syndrome, aerobic dancing, aerobicise, aerobics, aerodynamics, aerogram, aerosol, aid, AIDS, AIDS virus, air, air bag, air brake, air breathing engine, air cargo, air check, air circulating system, air cleaner, air compressor, air conditioner, air conditioning, air curtain, air dome, air door, air force, air girl, air gun, air hostess, air mail, air mattress, air pad, air pageant, air people, air pocket, air pot, air pump, air rifle, air right, air service, air shoot, air shuttle, air sick, air suspension, air terminal, air towel, airborne, airbrush, Airbus, airline, airport, airport tax, airsick bag, airsickness, airway, alias, alien, Edam cheese, eight, eight beat, exercising with aerobics, hit point, home page, HP, on-air monitor, stewardess, Yale University). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | くうきまくら, エアクッション . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | clooieshag aer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | airay ushioncay almofada pneumática (inflatable cushion, pneumatic cushion). (various references) pernã pneumaticã. (various references) надувная подушка, демпфер (air-cushion, snubber). (various references) vazdušni jastuk (airbag). (various references) amortiguador (absorber, buffer, cushioning, damper, dash pot, dashpot, dash-pot, muffler, oscillation damper, shock absorber, shock absorbing, shock-absorber, stop), almohadon neumatico (inflatable cushion, pneumatic cushion), colchón de aire (air bag, air bag restraint system, air bed, air cushion restraint system, air safety bag, inflatable airbag). (various references) uppblåsbar kudde, luftkudde (airbag, air-cushion, cushion). (various references) havalı amörtisör, hava yastığı (air bag, air bed). (various references) гумовий круг, надувна подушка, амортизатор (buffer, damper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-h-i-i-n-o-r-s-u" | |
-3 letters: acinous, anchors, archons, aurochs, carious, curiosa, cushion, incisor, noirish, nourish, ranchos, ricinus, unhairs, urchins. | |
-4 letters: acinus, acorns, anchor, anisic, anuric, archon, ariosi, arshin, arsino, cairns, casini, casino, chains, chairs, chiaus, chinas, chinos, chiros, choirs, chorus, churns, cornua, cornus, cousin, curios, houris, ichors, inarch, incurs, inrush, ionics, ironic, ischia, nachos, narcos, norias, onrush, orchis, orcins, rachis, racons, raisin, rancho, raunch, rhinos, ricins, scoria, shairn, shoran, souari, soucar, unhair, uranic, urchin. | |
-5 letters: acini, acorn, airns, arcus, arson, auric, auris, cains, cairn, canso, carns, chain, chair, chaos, chars, chiao, chias, china, chino, chins, chiro, choir, churn, cions, coins, coirs, conus, coria, corns, cornu, crash, crush, cuish, curia, curio, curns, hairs, hoars, hocus, horas, horns, houri, hours, ichor, icons, incur, incus, ionic, irons, nacho, narco, narcs, naric, naris, noirs, noria, noris, nucha, ohias, orach, orcas, orcin, ornis, racon, rains, ranch, ranis, rhino, ricin, rishi, roach, roans, rosin, ruins, runic, sarin, sauch, scaur, scion, scorn, scour, sharn, shorn, sonar, sonic, surah, unais, uncia, uncos. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-h-i-i-n-o-r-s-u" | |
+2 letters: unhistorical. | |
+3 letters: haruspication, quadriphonics. | |
+4 letters: haruspications, ichthyosaurian. | |
+5 letters: eutrophications, ichthyosaurians. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 69 72 43 75 73 68 69 6F 6E |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101001 01110010 00100000 01000011 01110101 01110011 01101000 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A i r   C u s h i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0069 0072 0043 0075 0073 0068 0069 006F 006E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)357584237878574758180 |
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