pressure
Noun
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is a type of: physical phenomenon - a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energysubtypes:
- blood pressure - the pressure of the circulating blood against the walls of the blood vessels; results from the systole of the left ventricle of the heart; sometimes measured for a quick evaluation of a person's health
- gas pressure - the pressure exerted by a gas
- head - the pressure exerted by a fluid
- hydrostatic head - the pressure at a given point in a liquid measured in terms of the vertical height of a column of the liquid needed to produce the same pressure
- intraocular pressure, iop - pressure exerted by the fluids inside the eyeball; regulated by resistance to the outward flow of aqueous humor
- oil pressure - pressure that keeps oil on the moving parts of an internal-combustion engine
- osmotic pressure - (physical chemistry) the pressure exerted by a solution necessary to prevent osmosis into that solution when it is separated from the pure solvent by a semipermeable membrane
- corpuscular-radiation pressure, radiation pressure - the minute pressure exerted on a surface normal to the direction of propagation of a wave
- instantaneous sound pressure, sound pressure - the difference between the instantaneous pressure at a point in a sound field and the average pressure at that point
- suction - a force over an area produced by a pressure difference
- vapor pressure, vapour pressure - the pressure exerted by a vapor; often understood to mean saturated vapor pressure (the vapor pressure of a vapor in contact with its liquid form)
same as: force per unit area, pressure level -
is a type of: force - a powerful effect or influence
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subtypes:
- impression - the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another
- compressing, compression - applying pressure
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is a type of: urgency - the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
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is a type of: somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation, somesthesia - the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensationssame as: pressure sensation
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is a type of: distress - a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need)
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is a type of: gas pressure - the pressure exerted by a gassubtypes:
- barometric pressure - atmospheric pressure as indicated by a barometer
- compartment pressure - the air pressure maintained in an air-tight compartment (as in an aircraft)
- overpressure - a transient air pressure greater than the surrounding atmospheric pressure
- sea-level pressure - the atmospheric pressure reduced by a formula to the pressure at sea level
same as: air pressure, atmospheric pressure
Verb
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subtypes:
- turn up the heat, turn up the pressure - apply great or increased pressure
- drive - to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly
- bludgeon - overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club
- steamroll, steamroller - bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure
- squeeze for - squeeze someone for money, information, etc.
- dragoon, railroad, sandbag - compel by coercion, threats, or crude means
- terrorise, terrorize - coerce by violence or with threats
- bring oneself - cause to undertake a certain action, usually used in the negative
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