oxygen cylinder

collocation in English

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oxygen
noun[U]
uk
/ˈɒk.sɪ.dʒən/us
/ˈɑːk.sɪ.dʒən/
a chemical element that is a gas with no smell or colour. Oxygen forms a large part of the air on earth, and is needed by animals and plants ...
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cylinder
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsɪl.ɪn.dər/us
/ˈsɪl.ɪn.dɚ/
a solid or hollow tube with long straight sides and two circular ends the same size, or an object shaped like this, often used as ...
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(Definition ofoxygenandcylinderfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He depended on oxygen and could not leave his house because he had to be by the side of a largeoxygencylinder.
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Many of them can hardly get from their living room television to their toilet without using anoxygencylinder.
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I have seen colleagues who have been councillors, lying in bed with anoxygencylinderby their side.
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It contains oneoxygencylinderand two absorbent canisters.
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Its duration in use was one or two hours, dependent on the size ofoxygencylinderfitted.
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Later that year the bicycle respirator became self-contained with the addition of anoxygencylinder.
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An oxygen rupture disc will relieve oxygen pressure if theoxygencylinderpressure reaches 2700 to 3000 psi.
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They may also have a forced air supply, from either an air blower or anoxygencylinder.
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News images showed that the frogmen were using rebreathers, probably a type with oneoxygencylinderacross the belly.
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Some had a whistle that automatically sounded when itsoxygencylinderpressure became low in use.
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Davenport then has the rest of the cylinders inspected, and finds powdered platinum in the nozzle of theoxygencylinder.
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Nebulizers are also needed for this purpose and oxygen cylinders have to be provided for a few patients.
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In some early oxygen rebreathers the diver had to manually open and close the valve to theoxygencylinder to refill the counter-lung each time the volume got low.
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Clean air is good for everybody (except, perhaps, for makers of oxygen cylinders).
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The store contained oxygen cylinders, several of which exploded.
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It will also wish to be assured that the emergency services themselves are properly co-ordinating their activities, even to the level of sharing oxygen cylinders.
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There are no plans to allow general practitioners to prescribe portable oxygen cylinders.
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The national contract is for the rental of portable oxygen cylinders, rather than the purchase.
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Other examples such as gas or oxygen cylinders come to mind.
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Consultants may prescribe portable oxygen cylinders to patients which can be topped up from standard 1,360 litre cylinders supplied against a general practitioner's prescription.
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