Definition of Air cushion

1. Noun. The trapped air that supports a hovercraft a short distance above the water or ground.

Generic synonyms: Compressed Air

2. Noun. A mechanical device using confined air to absorb the shock of motion.
Exact synonyms: Air Spring
Generic synonyms: Cushion, Shock, Shock Absorber

3. Noun. A cushion usually made of rubber or plastic that can be inflated.
Exact synonyms: Inflatable Cushion
Generic synonyms: Cushion

Definition of Air cushion

1. Noun. a layer of trapped air that supports a hovercraft ¹

2. Noun. a shock absorber that uses an air chamber ¹

3. Noun. a rubber or plastic inflatable cushion ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Air Cushion

air cells of auditory tube
air chamber
air cleaner
air cleaners
air compressor
air conditioner
air conditioners
air conditioning
air conduction
air contrast barium enema
air contrast enema
air corridor
air cover
air crew
air current
air cushion (current term)
air cushion vehicle
air cushion vehicles
air cushions
air defense
air display
air division
air dose
air drainage
air drill
air drills
air du temps
air duct
air ducts
air embolism

Literary usage of Air cushion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by American Society of Civil Engineers (1902)
"These same laws have also required the installation of an air-cushion of a depth not less than one-sixth of the rise of the car, willy-nilly, ..."

2. Memories of a Musical Career by Clara Kathleen Rogers (1919)
"CHAPTER XII A SHOWER OF COCKTAILS — GIN COCKTAIL VERSUS SEASICKNESS — EFFECT OF COCKTAILS ON AN air cushion — IN LIVERPOOL AGAIN — AN UGLY PLIGHT — A ..."

3. In the Forbidden Land: An Account of a Journey Into Tibet, Capture by the by Arnold Henry Savage Landor (1898)
"... OF BAGGAGE —WATCHES, COMPASSES AND ANEROIDS—FEAR AND AVIDITY—THE AIR-CUSHION —DRAGGED INTO THE ENCAMPMENT THEY lifted me and made me stand up. ..."

4. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by Royal Astronomical Society (1896)
"In a small working model which was shown at the meeting of the Society, a large ordinary air-cushion took the place of the chamber B and the regulator C. It ..."

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