pressure cabin

noun

: a pressurized cabin

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To avoid destructive neutrons the crew and passengers must be placed as far as practical from the reactor itself, hence the pressure cabin would be located in the nose of a long fuselage. Thomas E. Stimson, Popular Mechanics, 15 July 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1935, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of pressure cabin was in 1935

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“Pressure cabin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pressure%20cabin. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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