Sentence examples for compressing the air from inspiring English sources

At high speeds, they would act like a plunger in a syringe, compressing the air ahead of them.

With a proper controller design to control the gear ratio, the flywheel can rapidly reach a rotational speed that is suitable for compressing the air into a tank.

The rock hit the atmosphere at a speed of at least 54,000km/h (33,000mph), compressing the air in its path and heating it to thousands of degrees, which gives off light.

The pressure would drive the putty further into the joint, compressing the air ahead of it like a piston, and pushing that air against the primary O ring, causing it to seal tighter into the joint.

Rather, this is accomplished through compressing the air inside the cylinder and heating it so that the fuel, which would be brought into contact with the air just before the end of the compression period, would ignite on its own.

Although this cannot be achieved in practice, it can be approximated by intercooling (i.e., by compressing the air in two or more steps and water-cooling it between steps back to its initial temperature).

This, however, will only compress the air pockets between the fibers and reduce their insulation value.

Because it is compressed, the air between the snowflakes that fell thousands of years ago is trapped in tiny bubbles".

A pillow of air pressure, as the speeding car compressed the air in the shaft, may have helped ease the impact as well.

Moreover, the pressure of the intruding seawater compressed the air in the hull and reduced the chances for survival beyond a few days.

Slowly depress the plunger to compress the air in the chamber, forcing the coffee through a filter paper into the cup.