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Air Bag

Definition: Air Bag

Air Bag

Noun

1. A safety restraint in an automobile; the bag inflates on collision and prevents the driver or passenger from being thrown forward.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Specialty Definitions: Air Bag

DomainDefinitions

Industry

Special heavy duty tube placed within tire while curing tread. Source: European Union. (references)

Sports & Leisure

A flexible bag filled with air from pressure bottles during the parachute descent of a load to reduce landing impact. Source: European Union. (references)

Transportation

A flexible bag that is designed to be filled with a gas under pressure, and is designed to protect the vehicle driver in an impact against the steering control, and inflated by a device which is actuated in case of vehicle's impact. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: Air Bag

English words defined with "air bag": bagpipe, balloon, bladdercushionhot-air balloonpipes. (references)
Specialty definitions using "air bag": air bag restraint system, AIR-BAG CURER, airflow-equalizing device, ASSEMBLER, IGNITERBaghouse Filter, Bodi-gardcocoa-mill operator, COCOA-ROOM OPERATOR, curing finisher, CURING-PRESS OPERATORDouglas bag, dust chamberfabric-type dust collectorGAS-MAIN FITTER, grain cleanerKAPOK-AND-COTTON-MACHINE OPERATORlength control testerPROCESSOR, GRAINretread-mold operatorsampling bag, seamless sizer, size tester, smutterTIRE MOLDER, TIRE RECAPPER, TIRE VULCANIZERvacuum-forming-machine operator, V-BELT CURER. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Air Bag

DomainTitle

Books

  • Air Bag Technology '99: Fourth Annual Conference: June 8-9, 1999, Detroit Mi (reference)

  • Automotive Air Bag Technology '98: Third Annual Conference: May 18-19, 1998, Detroit Mi (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expression: Air Bag

Expression using "air bag": air bag restraint system. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Air Bag

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

air bag

1,056

air bag suspension

403

firestone air bag

106

air bag kit

69

air bag safety

59

car air bag

57

air bag suspension kit

51

air bag cover

45

side air bag

43

air bag failure

42

air bag lawsuit

42

used air bag

33

replacement air bag

30

truck air bag

30

air bag emuladores

26

air bag system

24

auto air bag

22

air bag injury

22

air bag lift

21

air bag child

21
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Air Bag

Language Translations for "air bag"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

въздушна възглавница. (various references)

   

Danish

  

air bag, vulkaniseringsslange (curing tube), luftsæk, luftlomme (air pocket). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

vulcanisatiekamer (curing tube), luchtzak of air bag, luchtzak (air bag restraint system, air cushion restraint system, air pocket, air safety bag, air-pocket, inflatable airbag, overflow, vent), landingskussen. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

ilmatyyny (cushion). (various references)

   

French

  

sac gonflable (air bag restraint system, air cushion restraint system, air safety bag, inflatable airbag), poche d'air (air pocket), manche, chambre de cuisson, ballonet amortisseur. (various references)

   

German

  

Luftsack (air bag restraint system, air cushion restraint system, air sac, air safety bag, airbag, inflatable airbag, sock). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αερόσακος, αερασκός, αεροθυλάκιο (air bottle, air sack), αεροθάλαμος βουλκανισμού (curing tube). (various references)

   

Italian

  

sacco gonfiabile (air bag restraint system, air cushion restraint system, air safety bag, inflatable airbag), sacche di aria, pallonetto (lob), camera di vulcanizzazione (curing tube). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

エール大学 (acquired immune deficiency syndrome, aerobic dancing, aerobicise, aerobics, aerodynamics, aerogram, aerosol, aid, AIDS, AIDS virus, air, air brake, air breathing engine, air cargo, air check, air circulating system, air cleaner, air compressor, air conditioner, air conditioning, air curtain, air cushion, air dome, air door, air force, air girl, air gun, air hostess, air mail, air mattress, air pad, air pageant, air people, air pocket, air pot, air pump, air rifle, air right, air service, air shoot, air shuttle, air sick, air suspension, air terminal, air towel, airborne, airbrush, Airbus, airline, airport, airport tax, airsick bag, airsickness, airway, alias, alien, Edam cheese, eight, eight beat, exercising with aerobics, hit point, home page, HP, on-air monitor, stewardess, Yale University). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

エアバッグ . (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

airay agbay

   

Portuguese

  

almofada de ar (air bag restraint system, air cushion restraint system, air safety bag, inflatable airbag), saco de ar, câmara de ar (air cell, air chamber, curing tube, gas chamber, inner tube, separate combustion chamber, tube), bolsa de ar (airlock, pressure lock). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

colchón de aire (air bag restraint system, air bed, air cushion, air cushion restraint system, air safety bag, inflatable airbag), cojín de aire, cámara de vulcanización (curing tube), bolsa de aire. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

krockkudde (air bag restraint system, air cushion restraint system, air safety bag, inflatable airbag). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

hava yastığı (air bed, air cushion). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Air Bag

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: airbag.

Words within the letters "a-a-b-g-i-r"

-1 letter: agria.

-2 letters: abri, agar, aria, brag, brig, garb, grab, raga, ragi, raia.

-3 letters: aba, aga, air, arb, baa, bag, bar, big, bra, gab, gar, gib, rag, ria, rib, rig.

-4 letters: aa, ab, ag, ai, ar, ba, bi.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-b-g-i-r"
 

+1 letter: airbags, bargain.

 

+2 letters: abrading, bargains, bigarade.

 

+3 letters: algebraic, arabizing, arbitrage, bargained, bargainer, barraging, bigarades, brannigan, gabardine, garibaldi.

 

+4 letters: aboriginal, abreacting, abrogating, abrogation, acerbating, algebraist, arbitraged, arbitrager, arbitrages, balbriggan, bargainers, bargaining, barracking, brannigans, brigandage, gabardines, garibaldis, inarguable, inarguably, interabang, outbargain.

 

+5 letters: aboriginals, abrogations, abstracting, adumbrating, aerobraking, agoraphobia, agoraphobic, algebraists, antiburglar, approbating, arabicizing, arbitragers, arbitrageur, arbitraging, arbitrating, balbriggans, barbarizing, barographic, barricading, bearbaiting, berascaling, brachiating, braggadocio, brigandages, calibrating, carbonating, elaborating, fabricating, grandbabies, interabangs, laborsaving, lawbreaking, organizable, outbargains, rebalancing, scabbarding, submarginal, talebearing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Air Bag


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 69 72      42 61 67

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01101001 01110010 00100000 01000010 01100001 01100111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#105 &#114 &#32 &#66 &#97 &#103

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0069 0072      0042 0061 0067

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3575842366773

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Expressions
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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