■ noun a garment with inflatable pressurized pouches, worn by fighter pilots and astronauts to enable them to withstand high gravitational forces.
Origin
1940s: from g (symbol of gravity ) + suit .
■ noun a garment with inflatable pressurized pouches, worn by fighter pilots and astronauts to enable them to withstand high gravitational forces.
Origin
1940s: from g (symbol of gravity ) + suit .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004