Meanings
- uncountableAir which has been reduced in volume and increased in pressure for use in industrial processes or for cleaning.
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.
1951 January, “Diesel-Electric Branch-Line Locomotive for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 71Synonyms: pressurized air, pressurised air
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAir which has been reduced in volume and increased in pressure for use in industrial processes or for cleaning.
Translations
Arabic هَوَاء مَضْغُوط
- هَوَاء مَضْغُوط (hawāʔ maḍḡūṭ)air increased in pressure
Catalan aire comprimit
- aire comprimitair increased in pressure
Chinese Mandarin 壓縮空氣 /压缩空气
- 壓縮空氣 /压缩空气 (yāsuō kōngqì)air increased in pressure
Dutch perslucht
- persluchtair increased in pressure
Finnish paineilma
- paineilmaair increased in pressure
French air comprimé
- air compriméair increased in pressure
German Druckluft, Pressluft
- Druckluftair increased in pressure
- Pressluftair increased in pressure
Greek πεπιεσμένο αέριο
- πεπιεσμένο αέριο (pepiesméno aério)air increased in pressure
Hungarian sűrített levegő
- sűrített levegőair increased in pressure
Icelandic þrýstiloft
- þrýstiloftair increased in pressure
Italian aria compressa
- aria compressaair increased in pressure
Japanese 圧縮空気, 圧搾空気
- 圧縮空気 (asshuku kūki)air increased in pressure
- 圧搾空気 (assaku kūki)air increased in pressure
Polish sprężone powietrze
- sprężone powietrzeair increased in pressure
Portuguese ar comprimido
- ar comprimidoair increased in pressure
Romanian aer comprimat
- aer comprimatair increased in pressure
Russian сжа́тый во́здух
- сжа́тый во́здух (sžátyj vózdux)air increased in pressure
Spanish aire comprimido
- aire comprimidoair increased in pressure
Swedish tryckluft
- tryckluftair increased in pressure
Tagalog hangin
- hanginair increased in pressure
Turkish basınçlı hava, tazyikli hava
- basınçlı havaair increased in pressure
- tazyikli havaair increased in pressure
Cite this entry
compressed air. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compressed%20air
“compressed air.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compressed%20air. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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