airsuit

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English

Etymology

From air +‎ suit.

Noun

airsuit (plural airsuits)

  1. (science fiction) A space suit.
    • 1951, Martin Greenberg (editor), Travelers of Space, Volume 7, page 122:
      ... and in a paroxysm of fury clawed at the convict's airsuit as though he could rip the fabric apart with his bare hands.
    • 1964, Jack Vance, The Star King, page 130:
      Opening the forward hatch, he winched down the little platform flyer, loaded aboard a spare airsuit and spare tanks of oxygen, and without further ceremony set out for Thumbnail Gulch
    • 2013, Gordon R. Dickson, The Pritcher Mass:
      He stopped removing his airsuit and pulled it back on again, all but the helmet, which he left lying on the ground.
    • 2023, Lin Carter, Star Rogue, page 37:
      Spacemen call it an “airsuit liner” because it is made to fit under an airsuit and is padded and reinforced at the friction points.