trapped air

collocation in English

meaningsoftrapandair

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trap
noun
uk
/træp/us
/træp/
a device or hole for catching animals or people and preventing ...
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air
noun
uk
/eər/us
/er/
the mixture of gases that surrounds the earth and that ...
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(Definition oftrapandairfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftrapped air

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An air escape valve at the top of the quieting chamber eliminated anytrappedairin the chamber.
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For example, one fear was that the definition would not cover hovercraft when they are coming into port and are in thetrappedaircondition.
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That air has been measured and the proportion of carbon dioxide in the air in thattrappedairis half what it is at present in our planet.
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This is due to thetrappedairbetween the individual crystalline flakes, trapping sound waves and dampening vibrations.
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Each breath increases the amount oftrappedairin the chest cavity, leading to further lung compression.
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To fix this problem, thetrappedairmust be bled out of the pipe to release the brakes.
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Squeeze is produced on descent whentrappedairin the sinuses contracts and produces negative pressure.
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Modern practice often includes spraying the mixture at pressure (a technique called shotcrete) or some other method of driving outtrappedair.
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This was probably the result of air escaping from the ship, possibly the bridge windows collapsing and releasingtrappedair.
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Excess resin is forced out along withtrappedair.
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It also provided an escape route fortrappedairwhen first filling the system.
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They usetrappedairin their physical gill to convert water-borne sounds into airborne sounds that they can hear.
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Fresh snow absorbs sound, lowering ambient noise over a landscape because thetrappedairbetween snowflakes attenuates vibration.
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Where air filled traps are used, these eventually become depleted of theirtrappedairover a long period of time through absorption into the water.
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Trappedairwill leave voids that allow water to collect and degrade (rust) the steel.
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This process hopes to eliminate anytrappedairfrom binding to the impurities in the freezing process.
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As the rocket accelerated through the atmosphere, the cells expanded due totrappedairand water.
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This is important because oxygen intrappedairwould be included in the measurement and would affect the accuracy of the test.
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Glacier ice is slightly less dense than ice formed from frozen water because it contains tinytrappedairbubbles.
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Immediately before extrusion, the mass is passed through a vacuum chamber to remove anytrappedair.
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