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Definition and meaning of pressure
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pressure (n.)
1.the somatic sensation that results from applying force to an area of skin"the sensitivity of his skin to pressure and temperature was normal"
2.the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit)"the compressed gas exerts an increased pressure"
3.the state of demanding notice or attention"the insistence of their hunger" "the press of business matters"
4.an oppressive condition of physical or mental or social or economic distress
5.the pressure exerted by the atmosphere
6.(physics)the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure"he gave the button a press" "he used pressure to stop the bleeding" "at the pressing of a button"
7.(figurative)a force that compels"the public brought pressure to bear on the government"
pressure (v.)
1.exert pressure on someone through threats
2.(American)to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means "She forced him to take a job in the city" "He squeezed her for information"
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Merriam Webster
PressurePres"sure (?; 138), n. [OF., fr. L. pressura, fr. premere. See 4th Press.]
1. The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand.
2. A contrasting force or impulse of any kind; as, the pressure of poverty; the pressure of taxes; the pressure of motives on the mind; the pressure of civilization.
Where the pressure of danger was not felt. Macaulay.
3. Affliction; distress; grievance.
My people's pressures are grievous. Eikon Basilike.
In the midst of his great troubles and pressures. Atterbury.
4. Urgency; as, the pressure of business.
5. Impression; stamp; character impressed.
All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past. Shak.
6. (Mech.) The action of a force against some obstacle or opposing force; a force in the nature of a thrust, distributed over a surface, often estimated with reference to the amount upon a unit's area.
7. Electro-motive force.
Atmospheric pressure, Center of pressure, etc. See under Atmospheric, Center, etc. -- Back pressure (Steam engine), pressure which resists the motion of the piston, as the pressure of exhaust steam which does not find free outlet. -- Fluid pressure, pressure like that exerted by a fluid. It is a thrust which is normal and equally intense in all directions around a point. Rankine. -- Pressure gauge, a gauge for indicating fluid pressure; a manometer.
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Synonyms
pressure (n.)
atmospheric pressure, coercion, compulsion, demands, force per unit area, high pressure, imperativeness, insistence, insistency, instigation, obligation, press, pressure level, pressure sensation, stress, tension, urgency, air pressure (physics)
pressure (v.) (American)
bring pressure to bear on, bulldoze into, coerce, coerce into, compel, compel to, constrain, dragoon into, force, hale, oblige, press into, press to, pressurize, put pressure on, squeeze, pressurise (British)
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See also
pressure (n.)
↘ counterpressure, plenum ↗ push, squeeze
pressure (v.)
↘ binding, blackmail, blackmailer, coercion, coercive, compulsion, constraint, extortion, extortioner, extortionist, racketeer, unfree
Phrases
⇨ Air Pressure • Blood Pressure • High blood pressure • Pressure Pneumocephalus • Pressure Sore • Pressure Suits • Pressure Ulcer • Pressure collapse of lung due to anaesthesia during labour and delivery • Pressure collapse of lung due to anaesthesia during pregnancy • Pressure collapse of lung due to anaesthesia during the puerperium • Pressure ulcer • Pressure, Cerebrospinal Fluid • Pressure, Pulmonary Wedge • air pressure • blood pressure • bring pressure to bear on • gas pressure • high blood pressure • high pressure • high-pressure • low-pressure • low-pressure area • oil pressure • pressure back flow • pressure bandage • pressure cabin • pressure chamber • pressure cooker • pressure die casting • pressure dome • pressure equipment • pressure feed • pressure feed lubrication • pressure feed lubrication by oil • pressure gage • pressure gauge • pressure gradient • pressure greasing • pressure group • pressure level • pressure lubrication • pressure lubrication by oil • pressure oiling • pressure pan • pressure point • pressure sensation • pressure sensitive adhesive • pressure sore • pressure suit • pressure therapy • pressure unit • pressure-cook • pressure-cooker • pressure-feed lubricating system • pressure-therapy • pressure-wash • put pressure on • sound pressure • sound pressure level • sound-pressure level • turn up the pressure • under pressure
⇨ A Prayer Under Pressure of Violent Anguish • Acoustic pressure • Acoustic radiation pressure • Adverse pressure gradient • Air pressure • Ambulatory blood pressure • Angle of pressure • Ankle brachial pressure index • Ankle-brachial pressure index • Apply Some Pressure • Arterial pressure • Atmospheric pressure • Atmospheric pressure chemical ionization • Atmospheric pressure discharge • Atmospheric pressure ionization • Automatic Positive Airway Pressure • Back pressure • Backlash (pressure group) • Bi-level positive airway pressure • Blood Pressure Association • Blood pressure cuff • Blood pressure meter • Body Pressure • Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code • Brian Lara 2007 Pressure Play • Cabin Pressure • Cabin Pressure (film) • Celebrities Under Pressure • Center of pressure • Central venous pressure • Cold inflation pressure • Copper units of pressure • Critical Mass (pressure group) • Critical temperature and pressure • Differential pressure transducer • Discharge pressure • Earth pressure balance • Electron degeneracy pressure • Evolutionary pressure • Exhaust pulse pressure charging • Filtered Air Positive Pressure • Gluhareff Pressure Jet • Got Me Under Pressure • Grace Under Pressure • Grace Under Pressure (John Scofield album) • Grace Under Pressure (Rush album) • Grace Under Pressure (Stargate Atlantis) • Grace Under Pressure Tour (album) • Grace Under Pressure Tour (video) • Ground pressure • High Pressure Liquid Chromatography • High pressure • High pressure experiment • High pressure experiments • High pressure liquid chromatography • High pressure steam locomotive • High-pressure area • High-pressure experiment • High-pressure experiments • High-pressure liquid chromatography • High-pressure system • Hype Pressure (Goodies episode) • Impact pressure • Increase the Pressure • Integrated Engine Pressure Ratio • Intracranial pressure • Invasive blood pressure • Jersey Pressure Groups • Jugular venous pressure • Late-inning pressure situations (LIPS) • Lateral pressure theory • Lead units of pressure • Liberty (pressure group) • List of pressure groups in the United Kingdom • Loss of pressure control accident • Low blood pressure cascade • Low pressure discharge • Low pressure experiment • Low-pressure area • Low-pressure experiment • Maximum allowable operating pressure • Negative pressure • Negative pressure wound therapy • Neutron degeneracy pressure • No Pressure • Ocean pressure electric conversion • Oil pressure • Oncotic pressure • Orders of magnitude (pressure) • Osmotic pressure • Overall pressure ratio • Overburden pressure • P50 (pressure) • Peer Pressure (game show) • Peer pressure • Peer pressure (disambiguation) • Pier Pressure • Pier Pressure (audio drama) • Pier Pressure (festival) • Plastic pressure pipe systems • Pore water pressure • Portal venous pressure • Positive airway pressure • Positive end-expiratory pressure • Positive end-expiratory pressure valve • Positive pressure • Positive pressure ventilation • Postseason pressure • Pressure (Belly song) • Pressure (Billy Joel song) • Pressure 4-5 • Pressure Cooker (band) • Pressure Cooker (game show) • Pressure Cooker (video game) • Pressure Dance • Pressure Drop • Pressure Drop (album) • Pressure Drop (song) • Pressure Equipment Directive • Pressure Flow Hypothesis • Pressure Point • Pressure Point (song) • Pressure Points • Pressure Points (album) • Pressure Sounds • Pressure Wave • Pressure Zone • Pressure balanced shower valve • Pressure cooked • Pressure cooker • Pressure cooker (disambiguation) • Pressure cooking • Pressure cuff • Pressure drop • Pressure exchanger • Pressure experiment • Pressure frying • Pressure gauge • Pressure group • Pressure groups in Scotland • Pressure measurement • Pressure of speech • Pressure pad • Pressure piling • Pressure point • Pressure politics • Pressure regulated volume control • Pressure regulator • Pressure relief valve • Pressure ridge (ice) • Pressure sensitive adhesive • Pressure sensitive tape • Pressure solution • Pressure sore • Pressure suits • Pressure swing adsorption • Pressure switch • Pressure the Hinges • Pressure vacuum breaker • Pressure vessel • Pressure volume diagram • Pressure washer • Pressure wave supercharger • Pressure-cooker • Pressure-cooking • Pressure-sensitive • Propagule pressure • Public Pressure • Pulmonary wedge pressure • Pulse pressure • Put 'Em Under Pressure • Radiation pressure • Raise the Pressure • Rear pressure bulkhead • Reduced pressure zone device • Release the Pressure • Root pressure • So Under Pressure • Sound Pressure Level (album) • Split-Hopkinson pressure bar • Standard Ambient Temperature and Pressure • Standard conditions for temperature and pressure • Standing Committee on Pressure Groups • Suction pressure • Surface pressure • Systolic blood pressure • The Pressure • Time pressure gauge • Timeline of temperature and pressure measurement technology • Tire pressure • Tire pressure gauge • Tire-pressure monitoring system • Too Much Pressure (album) • Total pressure • Turgor pressure • Under Pressure • Under Pressure (disambiguation) • Vapor pressure osmometry • Ventricular pressure
Analogical dictionary
pressure (n.)
[physics]
compression; compressing[Classe]
action de presser (fr)[Classe]
push[Classe]
massage (fr)[DomaineCollocation]
push, squeeze[Nominalisation]
push, pushing, shove[Hyper.]
compact, compress, constrict, contract, press, squeeze - press - press - press, push - press[Dérivé]
pressure (n.)
[figurative]
force[Hyper.]
animate, bring to, exhort, get to, incite, induce, infuse, inspire, instigate, instigate to, press, put up to, spur on to, urge, urge on, urge on to, urge to - bring pressure to bear on, bulldoze into, coerce, coerce into, compel, compel to, constrain, dragoon into, force, hale, oblige, press into, press to, pressure, pressurise, pressurize, put pressure on, squeeze - blackjack, blackmail, extort, pressure[Dérivé]
pressure (n.)
pressure (n.)
atmospheric pressure; air pressure[ClasseParExt.]
capacité d'un gaz (fr)[ClasseParExt.]
pressure; pressure level; force per unit area[ClasseHyper.]
propriété d'un gaz (fr)[Classe]
(machinery), (mechanisation; mechanization)[termes liés]
travail mécanique (fr)[DomainDescrip.]
pressure (n.)
urgency[Hyper.]
bring pressure to bear on, bulldoze into, coerce, coerce into, compel, compel to, constrain, dragoon into, force, hale, oblige, press into, press to, pressure, pressurise, pressurize, put pressure on, squeeze - blackjack, blackmail, extort, pressure - press - insistent, repetitive - imperative - clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instant[Dérivé]
pressure (n.)
distress[Hyper.]
pressure (v.)
[American]
oblige[Classe]
pressure (v.)
menacer (fr)[Classe]
chantage (fr)[Thème]
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