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air at a pressure greater than that of the atmosphere
compressed air is often used to power machines
How To Use compressed air In A Sentence
- Give a final quick burst of compressed air to remove any fresh dust. Photographers Handbook
- The compressed air gave a hiss of anticipation. Bomber
- This electrical power generating system is applicable in any location where wave action in blowholes produces compressed air.
- By pulsing compressed air through copper pipes, it was found that a clock could be jarred from a distance and so set. Times, Sunday Times
- As to the remedy for the symptoms after they have appeared, satisfactory results have been obtained by replacing the sufferers in a compressed air chamber ( "recompression"), when the gas is again dissolved by the body fluids, and then slowly Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
- One unusual machine shoots a donut of compressed air.
- Microjets can be powered by compressed air, thermal bubbles, and even acoustic waves.
- He now says that his attempt on the world record will be put back at least a couple of months while he attempts to overcome the problem with the compressed air.
- Jets of compressed air gave the aircraft lateral and directional stability.
- Use compressed air or blower brush all over (but not compressed air on shutter curtain). Photographers Handbook
