compressed air

English

Noun

compressed air (uncountable)

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

   Synonyms: pressurized air, pressurised air

   • 1951 January, “Diesel-Electric Branch-Line Locomotive for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 71:

     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.

Derived terms

• compressed-air bath

Related terms

• air compressor

Translations

air increased in pressure

• Arabic: هَوَاء مَضْغُوط m (hawāʔ maḍḡūṭ)
• Catalan: aire comprimit m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 壓縮空氣／压缩空气 (yāsuō kōngqì)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: perslucht (nl) f or m
• Finnish: paineilma (fi)
• French: air comprimé (fr) m
• Galician: aire comprimido m
• German: Druckluft (de) f, Pressluft (de) f
• Greek: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: sűrített levegő
• Icelandic: þrýstiloft n
• Italian: aria compressa (it) f
• Japanese: 圧縮空気 (あっしゅくくうき, asshuku kūki), 圧搾空気 (あっさくくうき, assaku kūki)
• Kazakh: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: sprężone powietrze
• Portuguese: ar comprimido (pt) m
• Romanian: aer comprimat (ro) n
• Russian: сжа́тый во́здух m (sžátyj vózdux)
• Serbo-Croatian: komprimovani zrak m, komprimovani vazduh m, komprimirani zrak m, komprimirani vazduh m, stlačeni zrak m (Croatia)
• Spanish: aire comprimido m
• Swedish: tryckluft (sv) c
• Turkish: basınçlı hava, tazyikli hava