Look up: Airlock


  1. Airlock
    [parachute] A parachute airlock (simply airlock in context) is a safety mechanism built into some parachute models which resist it losing its shape while open. It uses a ram air structure to stiffen each section of the outer edge. The design was pioneered by revolutionary parachute inventor ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airlock_(parachute)

  2. Airlock
    [agency] Airlock is a London based digital agency specialising in multi-platform which was founded in early 2001 and is most notable for its work with Diesel (clothing company), the BBC, Channel 4, Motorola and Heineken. The founders of the company are Charlie Martin, Joseph Denne and Will L...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airlock_(agency)

  3. Airlock
    [disambiguation] An airlock is a chamber with two air-pressure-tight doors for moving between areas of different air pressure. Airlock or air lock may also refer to: ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airlock_(disambiguation)

  4. Airlock
    [band] Airlock is a Belgium based Trip-hop musical group formed November 1997 notable for their ambient music on several popular TV series: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and CSI: Miami. The band members were Renaud Charlier, Ernst W. Meinrath and Pierre Mussche. == Discography == ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airlock_(band)

  5. airlock
    [n] - a chamber that provides access to space where air is under pressure
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=airlock

  6. Airlock
    Section of pipework which, due to its layout, enables a pocket of air to be trapped. This results in zero or very little flow through the pipe.
    Found op http://www.mirashowers.co.uk/glossary/landing.htm

  7. Airlock
    Trapped air in pipe-work where, due to its layout, the air cannot escape naturally. This usually results in zero or very little flow through the pipe.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20844



  1. Airlock
    Section of pipework which, due to its layout, enables a pocket of air to be trapped. This results in zero or very little flow through the pipe.
    Found op http://www.mirashowers.co.uk/glossary/landing.htm

  2. Airlock
    A blockage in a pipe caused by a trapped air bubble.
    Found op http://www.victoriaplumb.com/bathroom_DIY/a-to-z-bathroom-glossary.html

  3. airlock
    air lock noun a chamber that provides access to space where air is under pressure
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=airlock

  4. Airlock
    An airlock is a device which permits the passage of people and objects between a pressure vessel and its surroundings while minimizing the change of pressure in the vessel and loss of air from it. The lock consists of a small chamber with two airtight doors in series which do not open simultaneousl...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airlock

  5. airlock
    A chamber that allows astronauts to leave or enter a spacecraft without depressurizing the whole vehicle. The typical sequence of steps for going out of a spacecraft in orbit is (1) astronaut, wearing a spacesuit, enters the airlock through its inner door; (2) the airlock is depressurized by transfe...
    Found op http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/A/airlock.html

  6. airlock
    Airtight chamber that allows people to pass between areas of different pressure; also an air bubble in a pipe that impedes fluid flow. An airlock may connect an environment at ordinary pressure and an environment that has high air pressure (such as a submerged caisson used for tunnelling or build......
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0016692.html

  7. Airlock
    [video game] Airlock is an action game developed by Data Age in which you have to go out of a submarine. It received mediocre reviews from critics. ==Sources== ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airlock_(video_game)

  8. airlock
    1) Air lock 2) Chamber
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/airlock/1

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