Meanings
nounspace suit (plural space suits)
plural space suits
- A system of protective and pressurized clothing, together with environmental equipment, worn by astronauts when in space.
- A pressurized protective outfit worn by people working with extreme biohazards.
It is really a pressurized, heavy-duty biological space suit.
1998, Carole Marsh, New Mexico Hot Zones!2 more examples
Yale officials may have to consider treating Sabia virus as a so-called class 4 biohazard from now on, which means researchers will be able to handle it only inside a glove box or while wearing a space suit.
1994, Time - Volume 144, Issues 10-18Zone Two had its own protective gear—not quite so cumbersume as the space suit, but still requiring an elaborate rite of passage from the outside world.
2008, Ken Alibek, Biohazard, page 54
Translations
Arabic بَذْلَةُ فَضَاء, بِذْلَةُ فَضَاء
- بَذْلَةُ فَضَاء (baḏlatu faḍāʔ)system of clothing worn by astronauts when in space
- بِذْلَةُ فَضَاء (biḏlatu faḍāʔ)system of clothing worn by astronauts when in space
- رِدَاءُ فَضَاء (ridāʔu faḍāʔ)system of clothing worn by astronauts when in space
Bulgarian скафа́ндър
- скафа́ндър (skafándăr)system of clothing worn by astronauts when in space
Catalan vestit espacial
- vestit espacialsystem of clothing worn by astronauts when in space
Chinese Mandarin 太空服, 航天服
- 太空服 (tàikōngfú)system of clothing worn by astronauts when in space
- 航天服 (hángtiānfú)system of clothing worn by astronauts when in space
- 宇航服 (yǔhángfú)system of clothing worn by astronauts when in space
Czech skafandr
- skafandrsystem of clothing worn by astronauts when in space
Danish rumdragt
- rumdragtsystem of clothing worn by astronauts when in space
Dutch ruimtepak
- ruimtepaksystem of clothing worn by astronauts when in space
Estonian skafander
- skafandersystem of clothing worn by astronauts when in space
Finnish avaruuspuku
- avaruuspukusystem of clothing worn by astronauts when in space
French combinaison spatiale
- combinaison spatialesystem of clothing worn by astronauts when in space
German Raumanzug
- Raumanzugsystem of clothing worn by astronauts when in space
Greek διαστημική στολή
- διαστημική στολή (diastimikí stolí)system of clothing worn by astronauts when in space
Hebrew חֲלִיפַת חָלָל
- חֲלִיפַת חָלָל (khalifát khalál)system of clothing worn by astronauts when in space
Hindi स्पेस सूट
- स्पेस सूट (spes sūṭ)system of clothing worn by astronauts when in space
Hungarian űrruha
- űrruhasystem of clothing worn by astronauts when in space
Icelandic geimbúningur
- geimbúningursystem of clothing worn by astronauts when in space
Italian tuta spaziale
- tuta spazialesystem of clothing worn by astronauts when in space
Japanese 宇宙服
- 宇宙服 (uchūfuku)system of clothing worn by astronauts when in space
Korean 우주복
- 우주복 (ujubok)system of clothing worn by astronauts when in space
Latvian skafandrs
- skafandrssystem of clothing worn by astronauts when in space
Lithuanian skafandras
- skafandrassystem of clothing worn by astronauts when in space
Norwegian Bokmål romdrakt
- romdraktsystem of clothing worn by astronauts when in space
Polish skafander kosmiczny, skafander
- skafander kosmicznysystem of clothing worn by astronauts when in space
- skafandersystem of clothing worn by astronauts when in space
Portuguese fato espacial, traje espacial
- fato espacialsystem of clothing worn by astronauts when in space
- traje espacialsystem of clothing worn by astronauts when in space
Romanian costum spațial
- costum spațialsystem of clothing worn by astronauts when in space
Russian скафа́ндр
- скафа́ндр (skafándr)system of clothing worn by astronauts when in space
Slovak skafander
- skafandersystem of clothing worn by astronauts when in space
Spanish traje espacial
- traje espacialsystem of clothing worn by astronauts when in space
Swedish rymddräkt
- rymddräktsystem of clothing worn by astronauts when in space
Thai ชุดอวกาศ
- ชุดอวกาศsystem of clothing worn by astronauts when in space
Turkish uzay giysisi
- uzay giysisisystem of clothing worn by astronauts when in space
Ukrainian скафа́ндр
- скафа́ндр (skafándr)system of clothing worn by astronauts when in space
Vietnamese bộ đồ vũ trụ
- bộ đồ vũ trụsystem of clothing worn by astronauts when in space
Welsh siwt ofod
- siwt ofodsystem of clothing worn by astronauts when in space
Cite this entry
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