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Meaning of pressurant | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A gas used to drive a fluid through a fluid system.

Equivalents

Français pressurant

Examples

“The helium pressurant supplies the energy for the propellant transport⟳ from the tanks to the combustion chamber.”
“During tank pressurization under some circumstances, rapid mixing of relatively warm pressurant gas with cryogenic propellant can lead⟳ to rapid densification of the gas and loss of pressure in the tank.”

CEFR level

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

pressure pressure altimeter pressure altitude pressure bandage pressure bomb pressure cabin

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