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pressure (s) (noun), pressures (pl)
1. A force which is used to bear weight down on something: When Susan hurt herself badly while doing gardening, she put pressure on the wound to stop it bleeding.
2. The force which is created by the amount of liquid or gas in a container: The pressure in the sealed pot made it possible for the food to be prepared in a shorter amount of time than without such a special pot.
3. The act of persuading or threatening a person to do something: Jack put a lot of pressure on his sister so that she would not reveal his secret to his girlfriend.
4. The stress and demands a person experiences when very important issues are pending and must be done in a short time: Sometimes Mrs. Smart experienced a lot of pressure when she had to finish correcting the exams to return to the students the following day!
A diamond is a chunk of coal that made good under pressure.
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pressure (verb), pressures; pressured; pressuring
To attempt to coerce, push, or influence an individual into doing something: Jane told me that her boyfriend pressured her into staying out with him beyond the time she was to be home again.
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(Greek: weight, heavy; atmospheric pressure; a combining form meaning "pressure", as in barotaxis, or sometimes "weight", as in baromacrometer)
(Greek: to press; pressure; to squeeze)
(Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is the practice of extracting natural gas from underground shale deposits by injecting high-pressure streams of water, sand, and chemicals)
(unit of measurement of electromotive force, or pressure, in an electrical circuit, or 'push', named for Alessandro Volta (1745-1827) renowned for his pioneering work in electricity)
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abdominal pressure (s) (noun), abdominal pressures (pl)
Pressure surrounding the bladder from rectal, gastric, or intraperitoneal force, or from the area that contains the abdominal organs: Jackie was suffering from abdominal pressure and so she went to her doctor for an examination.
This entry is located in the following units: abdomin-, abdomino-, abdomen- (page 2) -al; -ial, -eal (page 2)
ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (s) (noun), ambulatory blood pressure monitorings (pl)
Monitoring of a patient that allows the blood pressure to be recorded at regular intervals under normal living and working conditions and is useful to determine to what degree a patient's blood pressure falls at night compared to daytime values: Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring consists of prolonged blood pressure readings that are made while a patient does normal daily activities that will allow quantitative analyses of high blood pressure loads over different times and which can help distinguish between types of hypertensions; as well as, to determine the effectiveness of antihypertensive therapies.
atmospheric pressure (s) (noun), atmospheric pressures (pl)
A unit of barometric pressure that is taken to be the standard pressure of the Earth's atmosphere at sea level: The average atmospheric pressure at sea level is approximately 14.7 pounds per square inch.

With an increasing altitude, the atmospheric pressure decreases. For example, at 30,000 feet, approximately the height of Mt. Everest, the air pressure is 4.3 pounds per square inch.

The atmospheric pressure at any point in an atmosphere is due solely to the weight of the atmospheric gases above the point concerned.

This entry is located in the following units: atmo-, atm- + (page 4) sphero-, spher-, -sphere- (page 4)
atmospheric pressure cure (s) (noun), atmospheric pressure cures (pl)
In petroleum engineering, the preparation of petroleum specimens for testing purposes: Atmospheric pressure cure is achieved by aging petroleum samples at normal atmospheric pressure for a given length of time at a specific temperature and humidity.
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carotid sinus massage, carotid sinus pressure
Caroti sinus stimulation by intermittent finger pressure, designed to enhance vagal tone and slow the heart rate or to terminate an arrythmia (abnormality in the rhythm of the heartbeat).
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combustion pressure
The pressure created during the combustion of the air/fuel mixture in a cylinder, measured in pounds per square inch.
This entry is located in the following unit: -bust, -ust, -bur; bust-, bur-, ur- + (page 2)
electrical pressure transducer (s) (noun), electrical pressure transducers (pl)
An instrument part which determines a fluid pressure and produces an electrical, mechanical, or pneumatic signal related to the pressure.

Although pneumatic and mechanical transducers are commonly used, electrical measurement of pressure is often preferred because of a need for long-distance transmission, higher accuracy requirements, more favorable economics, or quicker responses.

Electrical pressure transducers may be classified depending on the operating principle as resistive transducers, strain gages, magnetic transducers, crystal transducers, capacitive transducers, or resonant transducers.

This entry is located in the following units: electro-, electr-, electri- (page 19) trans-, tran-, tra- (page 2)
fluid pressure
The pressure exerted by a confined fluid in static equilibrium, equal in all directions and perpendicular to the surface confining it.
This entry is located in the following unit: fluct-, flucti-, -flux, flu-, flum-, -fluent, -fluence (page 3)
geostatic pressure, ground pressure, lithostatic pressure, rock pressure (s) (noun); geostatic pressures; ground pressures; lithostatic pressures; rock pressures (pl)
The pressure of the weight of overburden exerted on a rock formation by movements of the Earth: One way how geostatic pressure takes place is by diastrophic forces that are caused by rock movements that shape the crust of the planet Earth.
This entry is located in the following units: geo-, ge- + (page 18) litho-, lith-, -lith, -lithic, -lite, -liths, -lites (page 5)
predation pressure
The effect that a predator's consumption has on a prey population.
vapor pressure (s) (noun), vapor pressures (Pl)
1. The pressure at which a liquid and its moisture particles are equal to each other at a given temperature.
2. The pressure exerted by mist, or clouds, in the atmosphere which are independent of any other gases or water particles.
This entry is located in the following unit: vapori-, vapor-, vapo- (page 2)
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pressure
1. A measure of the force exerted on a surface.
2. The force exerted by something pressing or squeezing an area.

The tires on a car are under pressure because air, forced into them, pushes against their rubber walls.

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air pressure
Measured with a barometer, the force per unit area that the air exerts on any surface; it results from the collision of air molecules.
This entry is located in the following unit: Meteorology or Weather Terms + (page 1)
atmospheric pressure
The pressure created by the effect of gravity on the air above the earth.

The atmospheric pressure decreases as the higher altitude increases.

This entry is located in the following unit: Meteorology or Weather Terms + (page 1)