LIQUID OXYGEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does liquid oxygen mean? 

• LIQUID OXYGEN (noun)
  The noun LIQUID OXYGEN has 1 sense:

1. a bluish translucent magnetic liquid obtained by compressing gaseous oxygen and then cooling it below its boiling point; used as an oxidizer in rocket propellants

  Familiarity information: LIQUID OXYGEN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIQUID OXYGEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bluish translucent magnetic liquid obtained by compressing gaseous oxygen and then cooling it below its boiling point; used as an oxidizer in rocket propellants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

liquid oxygen; LOX

Hypernyms ("liquid oxygen" is a kind of...):

atomic number 8; O; oxygen (a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust)

 Context examples 

Investigators determined that a helium tank had burst inside a liquid oxygen tank, triggering the explosion.

(SpaceX Completes Successful Rocket Launch, VOA News)

About 55 minutes after launch, the asteroid sampling spacecraft separated from the liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen fueled second stage rocket to fly free.

(Evening Launch Catapults OSIRIS-REx Toward Asteroid Encounter, NASA)

Burning a combination of refined kerosene called RP-1 and liquid oxygen and carrying a single solid-fueled booster, the first stage of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V 411 pushed the spacecraft through the dense lower layers of the atmosphere, then the Centaur upper stage took over, propelling OSIRIS-REx faster and higher.

(Evening Launch Catapults OSIRIS-REx Toward Asteroid Encounter, NASA)