lox
noun
- smoked salmon
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /lɒks/ / /lɑks/
noun
Etymology: Abbreviation of liquid oxygen.
- Acronym of liquid oxygen, molecular oxygen in liquid form.
“[Man]: Lox tanking secured? / [Man 2]: Lox tanking secured.”
verb
Etymology: Abbreviation of liquid oxygen.
- 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."”