air suspension

noun

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

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Ride quality is good in the Privilege AWD as this car has active air suspension with continuous damping control. James Morris, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025 Jonathan Gitlin The air suspension for the Type-S has three height settings. Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 2 May 2024 The pace picks up and reveals that the air suspension of the Urus is more than able to soak up the dips, ruts, and bumps that the terrain dishes out. Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 18 Mar. 2025 With air suspension and power charge port doors standard now on the 2025 Porsche Taycan, soft close doors are still an upgrade. Marc D Grasso, Hartford Courant, 18 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 20 Jun. 2025.

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