Definition of Inflator

1. Noun. An air pump operated by hand to inflate something (as a tire).

Exact synonyms: Inflater
Generic synonyms: Air Pump, Vacuum Pump
Derivative terms: Inflate, Inflate

Definition of Inflator

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of inflater) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Inflator

1. inflater [n -S] - See also: inflater

Medical Definition of Inflator

1. An instrument for injecting air. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inflator

inflatingly
inflatino
inflatinos
inflation
inflation rate
inflation therapy
inflationary
inflationary spiral
inflationism
inflationisms
inflationist
inflationists
inflations
inflaton
inflatons
inflator (current term)
inflators
inflatus
inflect
inflectable
inflected
inflecting
inflection
inflection point
inflection points
inflectional
inflectional ending
inflectional morphology
inflectional suffix
inflectionally

Literary usage of Inflator

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

1. Diseases of the nose, throat, and ear, and their accessory cavities by Seth Scott Bishop (1908)
"... inflator. tube. Then the hand is carried a little toward the median line, so as to bring the beak into the ..."

2. Air Bag Safety: Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce, Science edited by Larry Pressler (1998)
"On Air Bag inflators, we noted that Ford had indicated in a request to the agency, mentioned earlier, that it could reduce the air bag inflator onset rate ..."

3. Modern cycles: a practical handbook on their construction and repair by Alexander James Wallis-Tayler (1897)
"274 shows a factory inflator mounted on wrought-iron stand, which apparatus is made, ... Factory inflator. DRIVING GEAR.—An important feature in modern ..."

4. The Horseless Age (1909)
"The inflator can be attached to any explosion motor. ... The Wisconsin Carriage Company on October i H. & C. TIRE inflator. completed work on a large ..."

5. The Diseases of children by James Frederic Goodhart, George Frederic Still (1905)
"is effected by a Lund's inflator or a Higginson's syringe to which a vaginal ... Failing the air-pad of an inflator, the buttocks must be well compressed ..."

6. "Cape Times" Law Reports: A Record of Every Matter Disposed of in the by South Africa Supreme Court (1907)
"Henry Marx, was using a bicycle hand- pump. ou which was an "inflator" or " nozzle.," which Henry recognised as his, and which bore the letter " II ' on its ..."

7. A Manual on Diseases of the Eye and Ear: For the Use of Students and by William F. Mittendorf (1881)
"... inflator or an air-bag is used -for the inflation of the tympanic cavity through the Eustachian tubes. This has been one of the most valuable inventions ..."

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