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Air Lock
see synonyms of air lockNoun
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Air Lock
see synonyms of air lock1.
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
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Air Lock
see synonyms of air lockn.
1. An airtight chamber, usually located between two regions of unequal pressure, in which air pressure can be regulated.
2. A bubble or pocket of air or vapor, as in a pipe, that stops the normal flow of fluid through the conducting part.
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