space suit

See also: spacesuit

English

Noun

space suit (plural space suits)

1. A system of protective and pressurized clothing, together with environmental equipment, worn by astronauts when in space.
2. A pressurized protective outfit worn by people working with extreme biohazards.
   • 1994, Time - Volume 144, Issues 10-18:

     Yale officials may have to consider treating Sabia virus as a so-called class 4 biohazard from now on, which means researchers will be able to handle it only inside a glove box or while wearing a space suit.

   • 1998, Carole Marsh, New Mexico Hot Zones!:

     It is really a pressurized, heavy-duty biological space suit.

   • 2008, Ken Alibek, Biohazard, page 54:

     Zone Two had its own protective gear—not quite so cumbersume as the space suit, but still requiring an elaborate rite of passage from the outside world.

Derived terms

• fart in a spacesuit

 

Translations

system of clothing worn by astronauts when in space

• Albanian: skafándër (sq) n
• Bulgarian: скафа́ндър m (skafándǎr)
• Catalan: vestit espacial m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 太空服 (zh) (tàikōngfú), 航天服 (hángtiānfú), 宇航服 (zh) (yǔhángfú)

• Danish: rumdragt (da) c
• Dutch: ruimtepak (nl) n
• Finnish: avaruuspuku (fi)
• French: combinaison spatiale f
• German: Raumanzug (de) m
• Hungarian: űrruha (hu)
• Icelandic: geimbúningur m
• Italian: tuta spaziale f
• Japanese: 宇宙服 (ja) (うちゅうふく, uchūfuku)
• Macedonian: скафа́ндер m (skafánder)
• Polish: skafander kosmiczny m
• Portuguese: fato espacial (Portugal), traje espacial (pt) (Brazil)
• Russian: скафа́ндр (ru) m (skafándr)
• Spanish: traje espacial m
• Swedish: rymddräkt (sv) c
• Turkish: uzay giysisi
• Welsh: siwt ofod f

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Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} فَضَاء تَنَاسُب (faḍāʔ tanāsub)

See also

• pressure suit