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Definition of Air compressor
1. Noun. A compressor that takes in air at atmospheric pressure and delivers it at a higher pressure.
Definition of Air compressor
1. Noun. A machine for generating compressed air, typically for use by air-powered tools or paint sprayers. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Air Compressor
Literary usage of Air compressor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"*A portable air compressor outfit is here shown; and can be moved to different
parts of ... Thia operates the air compressor which stores air into the tank. ..."
2. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1910)
"Controlling the Output of the air compressor. Frank Richards. Concerning a device
for automatically varying the output of an air compressor. Ills. 2000 w. ..."
3. Pumping by Compressed Air by Edmund Masters Ivens (1914)
"Air-compressor Installation and Operation.* — The large majority of "*=*"»"'g of
unsatisfactory ... air compressor Installation and Operation, by EM Ivens. ..."
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