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Definition of pressure
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Pressure
(n.)
Urgency;
as, the
pressure
of
business..
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Hydrostatics
::
Hydrostatics
(n.) The
branch
of
science
which
relates
to the
pressure
and
equilibrium
of
nonelastic
fluids,
as
water,
mercury,
etc.; the
principles
of
statics
applied
to water and other
liquids..
Urgency
::
Urgency
(n.) The
quality
or
condition
of being
urgent;
insistence;
pressure;
as, the
urgency
of a
demand
or an
occasion..
Acupressure
::
Acupressure
(n.) A mode of
arresting
hemorrhage
resulting
from
wounds
or
surgical
operations,
by
passing
under the
divided
vessel
a
needle,
the ends of which are left
exposed
externally
on the
cutaneous
surface..
Gas
::
Gas (n.) An
aeriform
fluid;
-- a term used at first by
chemists
as
synonymous
with air, but since
restricted
to
fluids
supposed
to be
permanently
elastic,
as
oxygen,
hydrogen,
etc., in
distinction
from
vapors,
as
steam,
which
become
liquid
on a
reduction
of
temperature.
In
present
usage,
since all of the
supposed
permanent
gases have been
liquified
by cold and
pressure,
the term has
resumed
nearly
its
original
signification,
and is
applied
to any
substance
in the
elastic
or
aeriform
state..
Barograph
::
Barograph
(n.) An
instrument
for
recording
automatically
the
variations
of
atmospheric
pressure.
Ease
::
Ease (n.) To
release
from
pressure
or
restraint;
to move
gently;
to lift
slightly;
to shift a
little;
as, to ease a bar or nut in
machinery..
Dint
::
Dint (v. t.) To make a mark or
cavity
on or in, by a blow or by
pressure;
to
dent..
Corn
::
Corn (n.) A
thickening
of the
epidermis
at some
point,
esp. on the toes, by
friction
or
pressure.
It is
usually
painful
and
troublesome..
Screw
::
Screw (n.) A
cylinder,
or a
cylindrical
perforation,
having
a
continuous
rib,
called
the
thread,
winding
round it
spirally
at a
constant
inclination,
so as to leave a
continuous
spiral
groove
between
one turn and the next, -- used
chiefly
for
producing,
when
revolved,
motion
or
pressure
in the
direction
of its axis, by the
sliding
of the
threads
of the
cylinder
in the
grooves
between
the
threads
of the
perforation
adapted
to it, the
former
being
distinguished
as the
external,
or male
screw,
or,
Water Barometer
::
Water
barometer
() A
barometer
in which the
changes
of
atmospheric
pressure
are
indicated
by the
motion
of a
column
of water
instead
of
mercury.
It
requires
a
column
of water about
thirty-three
feet in
height.
Hypnogenic
::
Hypnogenic
(a.)
Relating
to the
production
of
hypnotic
sleep;
as, the
so-called
hypnogenic
pressure
points,
pressure
upon which is said to cause an
attack
of
hypnotic
sleep..
Boycott
::
Boycott
(n.) The
process,
fact, or
pressure
of
boycotting;
a
combining
to
withhold
or
prevent
dealing
or
social
intercourse
with a
tradesman,
employer,
etc.;
social
and
business
interdiction
for the
purpose
of
coercion..
Pulsometer
::
Pulsometer
(n.) A
device,
with
valves,
for
raising
water by
steam,
partly
by
atmospheric
pressure,
and
partly
by the
direct
action
of the steam on the
water,
without
the
intervention
of a
piston;
-- also
called
vacuum
pump..
Jackscrew
::
"Jackscrew
(n.) A jack in which a screw is used for
lifting,
or
exerting
pressure.
See
Illust.
of 2d Jack, n., 5..
Break
::
Break (v. i.) To open
spontaneously,
or by
pressure
from
within,
as a
bubble,
a
tumor,
a seed
vessel,
a bag..
Embrace
::
Embrace
(n.)
Intimate
or close
encircling
with the arms;
pressure
to the
bosom;
clasp;
hug.
Incompressible
::
Incompressible
(a.) Not
compressible;
incapable
of being
reduced
by force or
pressure
into a
smaller
compass
or
volume;
resisting
compression;
as, many
liquids
and
solids
appear
to be
almost
incompressible..
Stop
::
Stop (n.) The
closing
of an
aperture
in the air
passage,
or
pressure
of the
finger
upon the
string,
of an
instrument
of
music,
so as to
modify
the tone;
hence,
any
contrivance
by which the
sounds
of a
musical
instrument
are
regulated..
Low-pressure
::
Low-pressure
(a.)
Having,
employing,
or
exerting,
a low
degree
of
pressure..
Burst
::
Burst (v. i.) To fly apart or in
pieces;
of break open; to yield to force or
pressure,
especially
to a
sudden
and
violent
exertion
of
force,
or to
pressure
from
within;
to
explode;
as, the
boiler
had
burst;
the buds will burst in
spring..
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