press-, presso-, pressi-, -prim-, -prin-

Etymology: from Middle French espraindre, espreindre (French epreindre), "to press out", from Old French, from Latin exprimere, from ex-, "out of, from" and premere, "to press".

A component that responds to the rate of change of an electrical current or voltage in order to prevent damage from a sudden fluctuation in electrical power; especially, a large increase above a predetermined value; often used to protect computer systems and other electronic equipment.

1. Something added by overprinting.
2. To print (additional marks, a new address, etc.) over something already printed.

A process used to remove salt from seawater, by evaporating it through a fine mesh filter that traps the brine particles so that the vapor can then be condensed in a relatively salt-free condition.

In mechanics, any process involving both heat and pressure.

A diascopy or an examination of a skin lesion in which the blood is temporarily excluded from the lesion with a firm pressure on the area of study by using a glass slide or other transparent material.

Excluding the blood from the area facilitates the detection of cellular and other deposits in the dermis (skin).

1. A biometric identification by electronically recording and graphically representing a person's voice.
2. A representation in a graph form of the frequencies that make up someone's voice.
3. An electronically recorded graphic representation of a person's voice, uniquely characteristic of the individual speaker.