air suspension

noun

: a method of vehicle suspension that uses pressurized air instead of metal springs compare air spring

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The air suspension adds a level of refinement that sits very nicely. Alex Goy, Ars Technica, 2 Mar. 2025 Heading out of downtown Cape Town, the Defender settled nicely into highway driving, hunkered down for fuel efficiency and dynamics optimization thanks to the air suspension. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025 What's more, adaptive air suspension can help keep vertigo-prone passengers more comfortable. Scotty Reiss, Parents, 6 Feb. 2025 An active air suspension allows OCTA to raise and lower on command, going up a few inches in off-road mode helps the Defender to take on desert dips at higher speed than a driver would normally be comfortable at. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for air suspension

Word History

First Known Use

1910, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of air suspension was in 1910

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“Air suspension.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20suspension. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.

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