air lock
- an airtight compartment, with adjustable air pressure, between places that do not have the same air pressure, as between the working compartment of a caisson and the outside
- a blockage, as in a water pipe, caused by trapped air
See air lock in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun- An airtight chamber, usually located between two regions of unequal pressure, in which air pressure can be regulated.
- A bubble or pocket of air or vapor, as in a pipe, that stops the normal flow of fluid through the conducting part.
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