Pressure
Of physical phenomenon. May also be referred to as force per unit area and pressure level.
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".
This concept's ID is @1~57995
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- blood pressure
The pressure of the circulating blood against the walls of the blood vessels; results...
- osmotic pressure
(physical chemistry) the pressure exerted by a solution necessary to prevent osmosis...
- gas pressure
The pressure exerted by a gas.
- radiation pressure
The minute pressure exerted on a surface normal to the direction of propagation...
- suction
A force over an area produced by a pressure difference.
- vapor pressure
The pressure exerted by a vapor; often understood to mean saturated vapor pressure...
- head
The pressure exerted by a fluid; "a head of steam".
- hydrostatic head
The pressure at a given point in a liquid measured in terms of the vertical height...
- intraocular pressure
Pressure exerted by the fluids inside the eyeball; regulated by resistance...
- oil pressure
Pressure that keeps oil on the moving parts of an internal-combustion engine.
- sound pressure
The difference between the instantaneous pressure at a point in a sound field and...