Pressure Definition
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English
Etymology
From Old French, from Latin pressūra.
Pronunciation
- enPR: prĕshʹ-ər, IPA: /ˈprɛʃər/, SAMPA: /"prES@r/
- Rhymes: -ɛʃə(r)
- Hyphenation: pres‧sure
Noun
pressure (countable and uncountable; plural: pressures)
- (physics) The amount of force that is applied over a given area divided by the size of this area.
- Units
- A pressing; a force applied to a surface.
- Apply pressure to the wound to stop the bleeding.
- Mental strain caused by one's own or others' expectations on one's own performance
- She has been under pressure lately because her boss expects her to get the job done two weeks early.
- Synonyms - under the pump, under the gun
Derived terms
Related terms
- negative pressure
- peer pressure
- pressurize, pressurise
- pressure altimeter
- pressure altitude
- pressure angle
- pressure area
- pressure atrophy
- pressure bag
- pressure bandage
- pressure bar
- pressure block
- pressure cabin
- pressure cable
- pressure casting
- pressure cell
- pressure centre
- pressure chamber
- pressure coefficient
- pressure contour
- pressure cooker
- pressure decline
- pressure deflection
- pressure depth
- pressure distillate
- pressure distribution
- pressure effect
- pressure element
- pressure epiphysis
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- pressure fan
- pressure field
- pressure flaking
- pressure flip
- pressure force
- pressure gauge
- pressure gradient
- pressure group
- pressure head
- pressure hull
- pressure hydrophone
- pressure ice
- pressure interface
- pressure ionization
- pressure jump
- pressure line
- pressure maintenance
- pressure mark
- pressure melting
- pressure microphone
- pressure mine
- pressure naphtha
- pressure pad
- pressure paralysis
- pressure pattern
- pressure penitente
- pressure pickup
- pressure pillow
- pressure pipe
- pressure point
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- pressure radius
- pressure rating
- pressure regulator
- pressure ridge
- pressure ring
- pressure roll
- pressure seal
- pressure sense
- pressure sensibility
- pressure-sensitive
- pressure solution
- pressure sore
- pressure suit
- pressure survey
- pressure tank
- pressure tap
- pressure tendency
- pressure tube
- pressure tunnel
- pressure ulcer
- pressure vector
- pressure vessel
- pressure viscosity
- pressure washer
- pressure wave
- pressure welding
- pressure zone
- under pressure
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Verb
to pressure (third-person singular simple present pressures, present participle pressuring, simple past and past participle pressured)
- (transitive) To encourage or heavily exert force or influence.
- Do not let anyone pressure you into buying something you do not want.
Anagrams
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