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English Dictionary: pressure by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pressure
n
  1. 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"
    Synonym(s): pressure, pressure level, force per unit area
  2. a force that compels; "the public brought pressure to bear on the government"
  3. 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"
    Synonym(s): press, pressure, pressing
  4. the state of demanding notice or attention; "the insistence of their hunger"; "the press of business matters"
    Synonym(s): imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press, pressure
  5. the somatic sensation that results from applying force to an area of skin; "the sensitivity of his skin to pressure and temperature was normal"
    Synonym(s): pressure, pressure sensation
  6. an oppressive condition of physical or mental or social or economic distress
  7. the pressure exerted by the atmosphere
    Synonym(s): atmospheric pressure, air pressure, pressure
v
  1. 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"
    Synonym(s): coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force
  2. exert pressure on someone through threats
    Synonym(s): blackmail, blackjack, pressure
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pressure \Pres"sure\, n.
      Electro-motive force.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pressure \Pres"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 upon a unit's area.
  
      {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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