compressed air

English

compressed air (uncountable)

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.

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

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