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lox

noun

  1. smoked salmon
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /lɒks/ / /lɑks/

noun

Etymology: Abbreviation of liquid oxygen.

  1. Acronym of liquid oxygen, molecular oxygen in liquid form.

    [Man]: Lox tanking secured? / [Man 2]: Lox tanking secured.

verb

Etymology: Abbreviation of liquid oxygen.

  1. To supply with liquid oxygen.

    Fumes coming from the booster at the pad indicate that loxing has begun -- that is, the liquid oxygen has begun to be poured into its tank aboard the Atlas.

    The crew chiefs refer to the process as "LOXing the fleet."