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What is a pressurisation?

What is a pressurisation? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (British spelling) The act or process of increasing pressure within a space.
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The pilots are believed to have taken off with a pressurisation valve in the wrong position, leading to a steady loss of cabin pressure as the aircraft climbed.
Without pressurisation, at very high altitudes it can lead to coma and possible death.
At 35,000 ft, a common cruising altitude for many commercial flights, people will survive for a maximum of 50 seconds without cabin pressurisation.
Unfortunately, he neglected to run through the checklist and consequently the plane took off without pressurisation.
In the past the ball was made up of leather panels sewn together, with a latex bladder for pressurisation but modern balls at all levels of the game are now synthetic.
The launch failed due to a leak in the second stage oxidiser pressurisation system, which caused it to cut out early.

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