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.

Translations

system of clothing worn by astronauts when in space

• Chinese:

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

• Finnish: avaruuspuku (fi)
• French: combinaison spatiale m
• German: Raumanzug (de) m
• Hungarian: űrruha (hu)
• Italian: tuta spaziale f
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• Japanese: 宇宙服 (うちゅうふく, uchūfuku)
• Macedonian: скафа́ндер m (skafánder)
• Portuguese: fato espacial (Portugal), traje espacial (pt) (Brazil)
• Russian: скафа́ндр (ru) m (skafándr)
• Spanish: traje espacial m
• Swedish: rymddräkt c

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• (deprecated template usage) Arabic: فَضَاء تَنَاسُب (faḍāʔ tanāsub)
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See also

• pressure suit