Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A large bag composed of layers of canvas, saturated or coated with air-proof and water-proof preparations and filled with air, designed for use in raising sunken vessels. When needed for use, empty air-bags are secured to the vessel beneath the surface of the water, and air is then forced into them. Also called
air-cushion . - noun The presser of a pneumatic molding-machine.
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Examples
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The old Taurus is known for its flashing air-bag warnings that often amount to false alarms.
Biodiesel and the 'Check-Engine' Light Jonathan Welsh 2011
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The system is supposed to disable the bags if the problem could cause an unwanted air-bag deployment.
Biodiesel and the 'Check-Engine' Light Jonathan Welsh 2011
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By now, the average American would be bankrupt from all the procedures this air-bag has had.
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Q: Recently I have had a constant air-bag light on in my 1994 Ford Taurus GL.
Biodiesel and the 'Check-Engine' Light Jonathan Welsh 2011
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It can take months for incipient corrosion to find its way to the car's computer systems or air-bag controllers.
How can drivers deal with heavy rain and flooded roads? 2010
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The safety board, which makes nonbinding recommendations, isn't expected to call for federal mandates for stepped-up air-bag deployment.
Study Recommends Installing Air Bags on Private Planes Andy Pasztor 2011
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Closely held AmSafe industries Inc., the primary supplier of air bags for general aviation, business jets and airliners, has sold about 19,000 air-bag devices for general aviation.
Study Recommends Installing Air Bags on Private Planes Andy Pasztor 2011
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With approximately 1,600 general aviation accidents claiming roughly 500 lives each year across the U.S., experts believe many more crashes would be survivable with the help of air-bag technology.
Study Recommends Installing Air Bags on Private Planes Andy Pasztor 2011
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After assessing the performance of air bags in roughly two dozen such accidents over three years, they said, the safety board has agreed to call for more widespread use of air-bag technology on private planes.
Study Recommends Installing Air Bags on Private Planes Andy Pasztor 2011
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"Drop it, and we have to buy another one at full price," Shane Allen, former information systems manager at Special Devices, a manufacturer of air-bag initiators for the automotive industry, told CIO. com earlier this year.
Cracking the Case of the Troublesome iPhone 4 Glass Tom Kaneshige 2010
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