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EVAS is an acronym.  It stands for Emergency Vision Assurance System..  The only definition is:  A tinted, air-filtered head covering which aircraft pilots can use when the cockpit fills with smoke.

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Associations with EVAS, Definition 1, are:

emergency is a noun.  Definition 1 of 2 is:  A sudden condition calling for immediate action.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

vision as a noun.  Definition 1 of 4 is:  The faculty of sense of sight; also, the act of seeing.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

assurance is a noun.  Definition 1 of 6 is:  The act of assuring; any encouraging declaration; a promise.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

system is a noun.  Definition 1 of 9 is:  Orderly combination or arrangement, as of parts or elements, into a whole; specifically, such combination according to some rational principle; any methodic arrangement of parts.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

tinted is an adjective.  The only definition is:  Colored; tinged; given tints or gradations of hue.  Source:  Webster's New International Dictionary

air-filtered is an adjective.  The only definition is:  Air which has been subjected to the action of a filter;  air which has been passed through a filter for the purpose of purifying it, or removing any suspended matter, or both.  Source:  A modification from Webster's New International Dictionary

head as a noun.  Definition 1 of 11 is:  The part of the body of an animal that contains the brain and the organs of special sense, the ears, eyes, mouth, and nose.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

covering is a noun.  Definition 1 of 2 is:  Anything that covers.  Definition 2 is:  The act of putting on a cover.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

aircraft  is a noun.  Definition 2 of of 2 is:  Any form of craft designed for the navigation of the air -- air-planes, dirigibles, balloons, helicopters, kites, gliders, et cetera.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

pilot as a noun.  Definition 3 of 4, in Aeronautics is:  One who controls the operation of a balloon, air-ship, or flying-machine.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

cockpit is a noun.  Definition 4 of 5 is:  In some aeroplanes, an enclosed space where pilot and observer sit.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

fill as a verb, transitive.  Definition 1 of 10 is:  To make full; cause the whole available space or capacity of to be occupied.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

smoke as a noun.  Definition 1 of 5 is:  The volatilized products of the combustion of an organic compound, as coal, wood, et cetera, charged with fine particles of carbon or soot; less properly, fumes, steam, et cetera.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary


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