pressurization.

The process of raising or maintaining pressure inside an enclosed space.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• cabin pressurization
• controlled pressurization

On the page

Cabin pressurization allowed the aircraft to fly at high altitude.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, technology. Commonness: moderately common.