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pressure bomb

pressure bomb noun: a type of pressure chamber used to build up and hold extreme pressures, pressurizing samples with high-pressure fluids.

Noun

pressure bomb (plural pressure bombs)

  1. A type of pressure chamber used to build up and hold extreme pressures, pressurizing samples with high-pressure fluids.

Forms of pressure bomb

pluralpressure bombs

Origin of pressure bomb

From the tendency of these instruments to explode due to the introduced pressures that they are to hold.

Questions about pressure bomb

What does pressure bomb mean?
Pressure bomb means a type of pressure chamber used to build up and hold extreme pressures, pressurizing samples with high-pressure fluids.
What part of speech is pressure bomb?
Pressure bomb is a noun.
What is the plural of pressure bomb?
The plural of pressure bomb is pressure bombs.

Words near pressure bomb in the dictionary

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  2. pressure altitude
  3. pressure altitudes
  4. pressure bandage
  5. pressure bandages
  6. pressure bomb
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  8. pressure cabin
  9. pressure cabins
  10. pressure canner
  11. pressure canners

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