What does "pressure suit" mean?

A sealed, full-body garment, usually with an attachable helmet, which maintains air pressure or mechanical pressure around the body of an astronaut or aviator to compensate for the low density of the air at high altitudes.

What is a synonym for "pressure suit"?

Common synonyms include: anoxia, blackout, spacesuits.

Pressure suit

noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
A sealed, full-body garment, usually with an attachable helmet, which maintains air pressure or mechanical pressure around the body of an astronaut or aviator to compensate for the low density of the air at high altitudes.
"Have you fur pressure-suits?"
2
protective garment consisting of an inflatable suit for space or high altitude flying wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

anoxia blackout spacesuits

Example

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"The chances for survival would be greatly increased if one member of the crew in a punctured ship was wearing a pressure suit."

Etymology

Coined by American science fiction authors E. E. Smith and Lee Hawkins Garby in their 1928 novel The Skylark of Space, first serialized in Amazing Stories.

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