airtight lock
1air lock — noun a chamber that provides access to space where air is under pressure • Syn: ↑airlock • Hypernyms: ↑chamber * * * noun 1. : an air space with two airtight doors or openings for permitting entrance to or exit from a sealed off space under… …
2air lock — 1. Civ. Eng. 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… …
3air lock — n. airtight chamber, small area between two airtight doors which allows one to pass through to an area with a different atmospheric pressure; pocket of air or vapor in a pipe that prevents the regular flow of fluids …
4air lock — air′ lock n. 1) civ an airtight chamber permitting passage to or from a space, as in a caisson, in which the air is kept under pressure 2) mac an impedance in the functioning of a pump or a system of piping caused by the presence of an air… …
5air lock — n. 1. an airtight compartment, with adjustable air pressure, between places that do not have the same air pressure, as between the working compartment of a caisson and the outside 2. a blockage, as in a water pipe, caused by trapped air …
6air lock — noun Date: 1851 1. an intermediate chamber with two airtight doors or openings to permit passage between two dissimilar spaces (as two places of unequal atmospheric pressure) 2. a stoppage of flow caused by air being in a part where liquid ought… …
7Bicycle wheel — For the Marcel Duchamp installation, see Bicycle Wheel. The front wheel from a racing bicycle made using a Mavic rim …
8Moon pool — For the novel, see The Moon Pool. Underside of the Research Vessel Western Flyer, showing its moon pool between the two hulls. A moon pool is a feature of marine drilling platforms, drillships and diving support vessels, some …
9Airlock — An airlock is a device which permits the passage of people and objects between a pressure vessel and its surroundings while minimizing the change of pressure in the vessel and loss of air from it. The lock consists of a small chamber with two… …
10MythBusters (2009 season) — Country of origin Australia United States No. of episodes 23 (includes 3 specials) Broadcast Original channel …
