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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A usually portable, lightweight, vestlike breathing apparatus that recycles oxygen from exhaled air, absorbs exhaled carbon dioxide, and has a small container providing fresh air, used by scuba divers and astronauts, as well as rescue workers in environments where the air is thought to be toxic.
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- noun A
breathing apparatus thatrecycles expelled air, removingcarbon dioxide and allowing extended use of a supply.
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Examples
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The most critical part of a rebreather are the oxygen sensors.
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The most critical part of a rebreather are the oxygen sensors.
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The most critical part of a rebreather are the oxygen sensors.
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The blackness around her seemed full of huge shapes, and the strange taste of the rebreather was a constant reminder that she didn’t belong in this cold and inky realm.
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Rose kept her eyes moving as she wandered through the hazy farmland at a job, the rebreather filtering the foul air still leftover from the war.
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Her usual rebreather was getting its filters changed, so she borrowed her mother†™ s red one, the one she wore out.
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Cadets wore infinite rebreather masks that reduced visibility, and because they were weightless, cadets had to kick off walls and other surfaces to maneuver.
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After removing her mask and peeling back her hood, she took off her rebreather, reached down, and accepted the two dry bags from Casey.
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Cadets wore infinite rebreather masks that reduced visibility, and because they were weightless, cadets had to kick off walls and other surfaces to maneuver.
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Cadets wore infinite rebreather masks that reduced visibility, and because they were weightless, cadets had to kick off walls and other surfaces to maneuver.
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