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Definition of Dead-air space
1. Noun. An unventilated area where no air circulates.
Definition of Dead-air space
1. Noun. (construction) A sealed airspace in a cavity wall. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dead-air Space
Literary usage of Dead-air space
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chemical Warfare by Amos Alfred Fries, Clarence Jay West (1921)
"expiration become additional dead air space contributing a further dilution of
oxygen content and contamination by carbon dioxide of the inspired air in ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"(E) Same as (D), with inside lining of matched boards with dead-air space.
It is too expensive and unnecessary. The dead-air space becomes a cold-air ..."
3. Handbook for Heating and Ventilating Engineers by James David Hoffman, Benedict Frederick Raber (1913)
"17, the same being enclosed in an outer shell composed of two metal casings having
a dead air space or an asbestos insulation between them ..."
4. American Gardening (1895)
"THE WOODEN WALL WITH A DEAD AIR SPACE. These consist of posts, wooden walls of
matched sheathing lined with tarred paper, and having an airspace between. ..."
5. Muscular Work: A Metabolic Study with Special Reference to the Efficiency of by Francis Gano Benedict, Edward Provan Cathcart (1913)
"... g when the subject was riding vigorously, which was impossible with the ordinary
connection, but on the other hand, the dead air-space was increased. ..."
6. Sound Sense in Suburban Architecture: Containing Hints, Suggestions, and by Frank Townsend Lent (1895)
"It is hard work to get either cold or heat through a "dead air" space, and, ...
The dead air space thus inclosed between the cellar ceiling and the first ..."
7. A Text-book of physiology: For Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1915)
"Portions shaded are of wood: A, dead-air space between Cu and ... B, dead-air
space between Zn wall and inside wooden wall; C. dead-air space between inside ..."
8. Hand-book of American Gas-engineering Practice by Nisbet Latta (1907)
"The consensus of opinion seems to be that the asbestos heat insulating lining
supplies greater economy than the dead air-space of gas-ranges, although this ..."
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