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air spring

noun

, Machinery.
  1. a springlike support utilizing the compressibility of air confined behind a piston in a cylinder.


air spring

noun

  1. mechanical engineering an enclosed pocket of air used to absorb shock or sudden fluctuations of load
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

And just in case it's not enough, GM is adding adjustable air springs and a diesel engine to the options mix.

The truck uses adaptive shocks and air springs, and also employs a novel system of hydraulic sway bars to counteract body roll.

The Lincoln Town Car they were riding in burst into flames when air springs in the rear of the vehicle somehow ruptured, setting off a chain of events that caused the fire, ABC7 News reported.

From Reuters

The cycle of the storm is normally this: After a cloudless and windless night a light air springs up from a little north of east.

Mr. Tesla provides for an air spring of tremendous rigidity, and he is enabled to vibrate big weights at an enormous rate, considering the inertia, owing to the recoil of the spring.

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