| slovo | definícia |
caisson
(encz) | caisson,keson [tech.] Jiří Šmoldas |
caisson
(encz) | caisson,muniční vůz Jiří Šmoldas |
Caisson
(gcide) | Caisson \Cais"son\, n. [F., fr. caisse, case, chest. See 1st
Case.]
1. (Mil.)
(a) A chest to hold ammunition.
(b) A four-wheeled carriage for conveying ammunition,
consisting of two parts, a body and a limber. In light
field batteries there is one caisson to each piece,
having two ammunition boxes on the body, and one on
the limber. --Farrow.
(c) A chest filled with explosive materials, to be laid in
the way of an enemy and exploded on his approach.
[1913 Webster]
2.
(a) A water-tight box, of timber or iron within which work
is carried on in building foundations or structures
below the water level.
(b) A hollow floating box, usually of iron, which serves
to close the entrances of docks and basins.
(c) A structure, usually with an air chamber, placed
beneath a vessel to lift or float it.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Arch.) A sunk panel of ceilings or soffits.
[1913 Webster]
Pneumatic caisson (Engin.), a caisson, closed at the top
but open at the bottom, and resting upon the ground under
water. The pressure of air forced into the caisson keeps
the water out. Men and materials are admitted to the
interior through an air lock. See Lock.
[1913 Webster] |
caisson
(wn) | caisson
n 1: an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome [syn:
coffer, caisson, lacuna]
2: a two-wheeled military vehicle carrying artillery ammunition
3: a chest to hold ammunition [syn: caisson, {ammunition
chest}]
4: large watertight chamber used for construction under water
[syn: caisson, pneumatic caisson, cofferdam] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
caisson
(encz) | caisson,keson [tech.] Jiří Šmoldascaisson,muniční vůz Jiří Šmoldas |
pneumatic caisson
(encz) | pneumatic caisson, n: |
Caisson disease
(gcide) | Caisson disease \Cais"son dis*ease"\ (Med.)
A disease frequently induced by remaining for some time in an
atmosphere of high pressure, as in caissons, diving bells,
etc. It is characterized by neuralgic pains and paralytic
symptoms. It is caused by the release of bubbles of gas,
usually nitrogen, from bodily fluids into the blood and
tissues, when a person, having been in an environment with
high air pressure, moves to a lower pressure environment too
rapidly for the excess dissolved gases to be released through
normal breathing. It may be fatal, but can be reversed or
alleviated by returning the affected person to a high air
pressure, and then gradually decreasing the pressure to allow
the gases to be released from the body fluids. It is a danger
well known to divers. It is also called the bends and
decompression sickness. It can be prevented in divers by a
slow return to normal pressure, or by using a breathing
mixture of oxygen combined with a gas having low solubility
in water, such as helium.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] |
Pneumatic caisson
(gcide) | Caisson \Cais"son\, n. [F., fr. caisse, case, chest. See 1st
Case.]
1. (Mil.)
(a) A chest to hold ammunition.
(b) A four-wheeled carriage for conveying ammunition,
consisting of two parts, a body and a limber. In light
field batteries there is one caisson to each piece,
having two ammunition boxes on the body, and one on
the limber. --Farrow.
(c) A chest filled with explosive materials, to be laid in
the way of an enemy and exploded on his approach.
[1913 Webster]
2.
(a) A water-tight box, of timber or iron within which work
is carried on in building foundations or structures
below the water level.
(b) A hollow floating box, usually of iron, which serves
to close the entrances of docks and basins.
(c) A structure, usually with an air chamber, placed
beneath a vessel to lift or float it.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Arch.) A sunk panel of ceilings or soffits.
[1913 Webster]
Pneumatic caisson (Engin.), a caisson, closed at the top
but open at the bottom, and resting upon the ground under
water. The pressure of air forced into the caisson keeps
the water out. Men and materials are admitted to the
interior through an air lock. See Lock.
[1913 Webster] |
caisson
(wn) | caisson
n 1: an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome [syn:
coffer, caisson, lacuna]
2: a two-wheeled military vehicle carrying artillery ammunition
3: a chest to hold ammunition [syn: caisson, {ammunition
chest}]
4: large watertight chamber used for construction under water
[syn: caisson, pneumatic caisson, cofferdam] |
caisson disease
(wn) | caisson disease
n 1: pain resulting from rapid change in pressure [syn:
decompression sickness, aeroembolism, air embolism,
gas embolism, caisson disease, bends] |
pneumatic caisson
(wn) | pneumatic caisson
n 1: large watertight chamber used for construction under water
[syn: caisson, pneumatic caisson, cofferdam] |
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