air-cushion pressure

air-cushion pressure
давление в воздушной подушке

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  • air-cushion machine — ▪ vehicle Introduction also called  ground effect machine,  or  hovercraft,         any of the machines characterized by movement in which a significant portion of the weight is supported by forces arising from air pressures developed around the… …   Universalium

  • air cushion vehicle — A vehicle capable of being operated so that its weight, including its payload, is wholly or significantly supported on a continuously generated cushion or “bubble” of air at higher than ambient pressure. Also called ACV. (Note: NATO uses the term …   Military dictionary

  • air-cushionvehicle — air cushion vehicle front cutaway view of a flexible skirt model hovercraft Precision Graphics n. Abbr. ACV A usually propeller driven vehicle designed for traveling over land or water on a supportive cushion of slowly moving, low pressure air.… …   Universalium

  • air — n. & v. n. 1 an invisible gaseous substance surrounding the earth, a mixture mainly of oxygen and nitrogen. 2 a the earth s atmosphere. b the free or unconfined space in the atmosphere (birds of the air; in the open air). c the atmosphere as a… …   Useful english dictionary

  • air — air1 airlike, adj. /air/, n. 1. a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere. 2. a stir in the atmosphere; a light breeze. 3. overhead space; sky: The planes filled the air. 4 …   Universalium

  • air chamber — noun : a cavity filled with air: as a. : a cavity containing air to act by its elasticity as a spring for equalizing the flow of a liquid in a pump or other hydraulic machine see hydraulic ram illustration b. : one of the chambers in the nautilus …   Useful english dictionary

  • air chamber — 1. a chamber containing air, as in a pump, lifeboat, or organic body. 2. Also called air cushion. a compartment of a hydraulic system containing air that by its elasticity equalizes the pressure and flow of liquid within the system. [1840 50] * * …   Universalium

  • cushion — cushionless, adj. cushionlike, adj. /koosh euhn/, n. 1. a soft bag of cloth, leather, or rubber, filled with feathers, air, foam rubber, etc., on which to sit, kneel, or lie. 2. anything similar in form, used to dampen shocks or to prevent… …   Universalium

  • cushion — cush•ion [[t]ˈkʊʃ ən[/t]] n. 1) a soft pad or bag filled with feathers, air, foam rubber, etc., used to sit, lie, or lean on 2) anything similar in form or function, as a pad used to prevent excessive pressure or chafing 3) something to absorb or …   From formal English to slang

  • air bed — a bed with a mattress whose upper surface is perforated with thousands of holes, through which air is forced under pressure. The patient is thus supported, like a hovercraft, on a cushion of air. This type of bed is invaluable for the treatment… …   Medical dictionary

  • air bed — a bed with a mattress whose upper surface is perforated with thousands of holes, through which air is forced under pressure. The patient is thus supported, like a hovercraft, on a cushion of air. This type of bed is invaluable for the treatment… …   The new mediacal dictionary


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