pumpkin suit
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[edit]Noun
[edit]pumpkin suit (plural pumpkin suits)
- An orange-colored intravehicular activity (IVA) spacesuit.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pumpkin, suit.
- The kids wore pumpkin suits for Hallowe'en.
Usage notes
[edit](IVA pressure suit): While the NASA Shuttle-era IVA spacesuits were orange, the Chinese Shenzhou-era IVA spacesuits are white, as are the Soviet/Russian (white) IVA space suits.
Hypernyms
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Hyponyms
[edit](IVA pressure suit):
- launch entry suit / LES ( Launch Entry Suit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia )
- advanced crew escape suit / ACES ( Advanced Crew Escape Suit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia )
Coordinate terms
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