AIR LOCK


Meaning of AIR LOCK in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1851

1. : an intermediate chamber with two airtight doors or openings to permit passage between two dissimilar spaces (as two places of unequal atmospheric pressure)

2. : a stoppage of flow caused by air being in a part where liquid ought to circulate

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