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Definition of Counterpressure
1. Noun. Pressure applied in one direction to counterbalance pressure from another. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To apply pressure to (something) in one direction to counterbalance pressure from another. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Counterpressure
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Counterpressure
Literary usage of Counterpressure
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Effect of Brakes Upon Railway Trains by Douglas Strutt Galton, Georges Marié, Westinghouse Air Brake Company (1894)
"We have also seen that the value of -,„. for the counterpressure is 0.125, ...
Thus the counterpressure on the driving wheels is as powerful as a ..."
2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1903)
"The first effect of such a counterpressure in a case of an abnormally yielding
... Should the effects of the counterpressure of the spinal column lead to a ..."
3. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1921)
"Upon the lower part of the left kidney the counterpressure is produced by ...
The pressure and counterpressure, which produce so marked a conformation of ..."
4. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1903)
"This pressure and counterpressure, which produce so marked a conformation of the
anterior surface of the two kidneys, must also exercise an important ..."
5. Lectures on the Diseases of Women by Charles West (1858)
"One source of comfort to the patient, from the employment of some of these external
supports, is derived from the counterpressure on the pelvis which the ..."
6. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1861)
"As regards this method, the term counterpressure should ... because I have already
shown that counterpressure is contrary to the mechanism in two ways; ..."
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