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In electricity, a term sometimes used for voltage, electromotive force, or difference of potential.
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In psychology, the specific quality of sensation furnished by the pressure-spots of the skin and by the organs of the articular sensitivity; pressure-sensation.
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The intrinsic pressure K is , where σ is the density of the fluid and (ψ)z is the attraction of an infinite layer of a fluid of unit density, bounded by a plane, upon a unit mass at a distance z from the plane.
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In a compressor, the pressure of the air or gas at the end of the stroke after it is compressed.
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The act of pressing; the exertion of force by pressing; the state of being pressed.
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In mech.: An equilibrated force.
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A force per unit area exerted over the surface of a body or part of a body, and toward the interior of the body.
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Stress in general, being either thrust, pull, or shearing stress. For axis of pressure, conjugate pressure, and other phrases where pressure means stress, see the latter word.
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The action of moral force; exertion of authority or influence; compulsion; a constraining influence or impulse.
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Weight upon the mind; burdensomeness; oppressiveness; also, burden; oppression.
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Urgency; demand on one's time or energies; need for prompt or decisive action: as, the pressure of business.
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Impression; stamp; character impressed.
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Specifically, in hydrostatics, that point of a plane, or of the side of a vessel containing a liquid, to which if a force were applied equal to the total pressure and in the opposite direction, it would exactly balance the total pressure.
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Figuratively, a high degree of mental tension.