pressure suit

== English == === Etymology === Coined by American science fiction authors E. E. Smith and Lee Hawkins Garby in their 1928 novel The Skylark of Space, first serialized in Amazing Stories. === Noun === pressure suit (plural pressure suits) (aviation, astronautics) A sealed, full-body garment, usually with an attachable helmet, which maintains air pressure or mechanical pressure around the body of an astronaut or aviator to compensate for the low density of the air at high altitudes. ==== Hypernyms ==== protective suit, suit ==== Hyponyms ==== space suit ==== Coordinate terms ==== (suit to protect wearer from the environment): diving suit, environmental suit (aviator garment): flight suit ==== Translations ==== === References === “pressure suit”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. Jeff Prucher, editor (2007), “pressure suit”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 155–156. Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2026), “pressure-suit n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.