'pressurize' definitions:
Definition of 'pressurize'
(from WordNet)
verb
Increase the pressure on a gas or liquid [syn: supercharge, pressurize, pressurise]
verb
Maintain a certain pressure; "the airplane cabin is pressurized"; "pressurize a space suit" [syn: pressurize, pressurise]
verb
Increase the pressure in or of; "The captain will pressurize the cabin for the passengers' comfort" [syn: pressurize, pressurise] [ant: decompress, depressurise, depressurize]
Definition of 'pressurize'
From: GCIDE
- pressurize \pressurize\ v. t. To increase the pressure on (a gas or liquid); as, pressurized oxygen.
- Syn: supercharge, apply pressure to. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. To increase and maintain a pressure in (a compartment or container), above that of the ambient pressure; -- of airplanes, space suits, and diving bells, for example; as, the airplane cabin was pressurized for the comfort of the passengers; the sterile room was pressurized to prevent contamination. [WordNet 1.5 + PJC]
- negatively pressurized maintained at a pressure somewhat below that of ambient pressure; -- a technique sometimes used to keep airborn materials in a room from escaping out; as, the biohazard lab was negatively pressurized to keep hazardous biological agents from escaping into the environment. [PJC]
Words containing 'pressurize'
- Pressure,
- Atmospheric pressure,
- Back pressure,
- Center of pressure,
- Counter pressure,
- Fluid pressure,
- Inches of pressure,
- Lateral pressure,
- Pressure cooker,
- Pressure gauge,
- Pressure wires,
- Vapor pressure,
- air pressure,
- arterial pressure,
- barometric pressure,
- blood pressure,
- compartment pressure,
- diastolic pressure,
- gas pressure,
- intraocular pressure,
- negatively pressurized,
- oil pressure,
- osmotic pressure,
- pressure cabin,
- pressure dome,
- pressure feed,
- pressure gage,
- pressure group,
- pressure level,
- pressure point,
- pressure sensation,
- pressure sore,
- pressure suit,
- pressure unit,
- radiation pressure,
- sound pressure,
- standard pressure,
- systolic pressure,
- turn up the pressure,
- vapour pressure,
- venous pressure,
- High-pressure,
- Low-pressure,
- acoustic radiation pressure,
- high blood pressure,
- instantaneous sound pressure,
- law of partial pressures,
- pressure-cook,
- pressure-wash,
- pressurized water reactor,
- sound pressure level,
- High-pressure engine,
- High-pressure steam,
- Low-pressure steam,
- corpuscular-radiation pressure,
- dalton's law of partial pressures,
- pascal's law of fluid pressures,
- sea-level pressure,
- Low-pressure steam engine,
- pressure-feed lubricating system