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Meaning of compressed air | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Air which has been reduced in volume and increased in pressure for use in industrial processes or for cleaning.

uncountable

Equivalents

العربية هَوَاء مَضْغُوط
Català aire comprimit
Deutsch Druckluft Pressluft
Español aire comprimido
Suomi paineilma
Français air comprimé
Galego aire comprimido
Íslenska þrýstiloft
Italiano aria compressa
日本語 圧搾空気 圧縮空気
Nederlands perslucht
Português ar comprimido
Română aer comprimat
Русский сжа́тый во́здух
Svenska tryckluft

Examples

“Compressed air is used for the operation of certain contactors, the sanders, the horn, and the re-fuelling equipment, but vacuum brakes are fitted to the locomotive.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

compressed sensing compressed yeast compressed-air bath Compresses Compressibility Compressible

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