rubber balloon
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrubberandballoon
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rubber
noun
uk/ˈrʌb.ər/us/ˈrʌb.ɚ/
an elastic substance (= that stretches) made either from the juice of particular tropical trees ...
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balloon
noun[C]
uk/bəˈluːn/us/bəˈluːn/
a small, thin rubber bag that you blow air into or fill with a light gas until it is round in shape, used for decoration, as a children's toy, or for other purposes such as medical treatment or scientific ...
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(Definition ofrubberandballoonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Arubberballoonwas used for the earthquake tremors at the temple.
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Even a perfectrubberballooneventually loses gas to the outside.
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Surface tension makes the bubble act like arubberballoon(more precisely, one that is under-inflated so that the rubber is still elastic).
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A largerubberballoonis then inflated, fastened to the basket, and filled with hot air.
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Fernez's first idea was arubberballoonconnected to the swimmer's mouth with a tube.
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The use of the sand replacement and core cutter test are common and the use of water replacement,rubberballoon, and nuclear methods are also used.
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Rubber balloons can also be filled with liquids (usually water) and can burst when they impact a solid object.
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These were more durable, leaked less helium, and also were better at maintaining a constant altitude than the early rubber balloons.
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His device was a combination of rubber balloons and tubes that measured pressure using a column of water.
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Foil balloons are not elastic like rubber balloons, so that detailed and colorful pictures printed on their surfaces are not distorted when the balloon is inflated.
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