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Air which has been reduced in volume and increased in pressure for use in industrial processes or for cleaning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pressurized air, pressurised air
Antonyms: none provided
air at a pressure greater than that of the atmosphere
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- compressed air is often used to power machines
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: compressed gas
Narrower terms: air cushion
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
هَوَاء مَضْغُوط
(hawāʔ maḍḡūṭ)
— air increased in pressure
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Catalan:
aire comprimit
— air increased in pressure
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Chinese Mandarin:
壓縮空氣 /压缩空气
(yāsuō kōngqì)
— air increased in pressure
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Dutch:
perslucht
— air increased in pressure
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Finnish:
paineilma
— air increased in pressure
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French:
air comprimé
— air increased in pressure
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Galician:
aire comprimido
— air increased in pressure
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German:
Druckluft
— air increased in pressure
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German:
Pressluft
— air increased in pressure
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Greek:
πεπιεσμένο αέριο
(pepiesméno aério)
— air increased in pressure
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Hungarian:
sűrített levegő
— air increased in pressure
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Icelandic:
þrýstiloft
— air increased in pressure
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Italian:
aria compressa
— air increased in pressure
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Japanese:
圧縮空気
(asshuku kūki)
— air increased in pressure
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Japanese:
圧搾空気
(assaku kūki)
— air increased in pressure
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Polish:
sprężone powietrze
— air increased in pressure
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Portuguese:
ar comprimido
— air increased in pressure
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Romanian:
aer comprimat
— air increased in pressure
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Russian:
сжа́тый во́здух
(sžátyj vózdux)
— air increased in pressure
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Serbo-Croatian:
komprimovani zrak
— air increased in pressure
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Serbo-Croatian:
komprimovani vazduh
— air increased in pressure
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Serbo-Croatian:
komprimirani zrak
— air increased in pressure
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Serbo-Croatian:
komprimirani vazduh
— air increased in pressure
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Serbo-Croatian:
stlačeni zrak
— air increased in pressure
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Spanish:
aire comprimido
— air increased in pressure
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Swedish:
tryckluft
— air increased in pressure
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Tagalog:
hangin
— air increased in pressure
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Turkish:
basınçlı hava
— air increased in pressure
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Turkish:
tazyikli hava
— air increased in pressure
