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Definition: Air Lock |
Air LockNoun1. A chamber that provides access to space where air is under pressure. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Aerospace | 1. A stoppage or diminution of flow in a fuel system, hydraulic system, or the like, caused by a pocket of air or vapor. 2. A chamber capable of being hermetically sealed that provides for passage between two places of different pressure, as between an altitude chamber and the outside atmosphere. (references) |
Mining | A. A casing at the top of an upcast shaft to minimize surface air leakage to the fan. It consists of a large double casing enveloping the whole of the upcast-shaft top and extending into the headgear. Some are fitted with power-operated doors and allow high-speed winding with little leakage. A modern light-alloy structure raised through spring-loaded attachments by the top of the cage on ascending has proved efficient. Syn:shaft casing b. A system of doors arranged to allow the passage of workers or vehicleswithout permitting appreciable airflow. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: Air LockSynonym: airlock (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Air Lock |
| English words defined with "air lock": Pneumatic caisson. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "air lock": ASSEMBLER, BICYCLE I ♦ corder, cording-machine operator ♦ Gnomes, graduate tucker ♦ LOCK TENDER II ♦ manlock, materials lock ♦ pleater, PRESSER, FORM, pressing-machine operator ♦ ruching-machine operator ♦ shaft casing ♦ Triger process, TUCKING-MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ VACUUM CASTER. (references) |
| 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 lock | 14 |
rotary air lock | 3 |
air lock valve | 2 |
rotary air lock valve | 2 |
air lock modern | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "air lock"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | въздушна пробка. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Luftschleuse (airlock, pressure lock), Lufteinschluss (entrained air, entrapped air). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αεροφράγμα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | légkamra (air chamber, air sac, airlock, buoyancy chamber). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | airay ocklay fechadura pressão. (various references) gol de aer (air hole, air pocket, pocket), eclisã pneumaticã, dop pneumatic. (various references) тамбур газоубежища, воздушная пробка (airlock, air-lock). (various references) vazdušna ustava, plinski rezervoar. (various references) compartimiento estanco, burbuja de aire (air pocket). (various references) повітряна пробка. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-k-l-o-r" | |
-1 letter: caroli, lorica. | |
-2 letters: carol, claro, cloak, coral, coria, croak, korai. | |
-3 letters: arco, aril, calk, calo, cark, carl, ciao, coal, coil, coir, cola, cork, ilka, kail, kilo, kola, lack, laic, lair, lari, lark, liar, lick, lira, loca, loci, lock, okra, oral, orca, rack, rail, raki, rial, rick, rock, roil. | |
-4 letters: ail, air, arc, ark, car. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-k-l-o-r" | |
+1 letter: croakily, hairlock. | |
+2 letters: hairlocks. | |
+3 letters: karyologic, kiloparsec, rockabilly, workaholic. | |
+4 letters: cartoonlike, factorylike, jackrolling, kilocalorie, kiloparsecs, latticework, workaholics. | |
+5 letters: karyological, kilocalories, latticeworks, postcardlike, roadblocking, rockabillies. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 69 72 4C 6F 63 6B |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101001 01110010 00100000 01001100 01101111 01100011 01101011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A i r   L o c k |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0069 0072 004C 006F 0063 006B |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)357584246816977 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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