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Definition of Low-pressure
1. Adjective. Not forceful. "A low-pressure campaign"
Definition of Low-pressure
1. Adjective. The opposite of high-pressure, defined by contrast. Uses include: A low-pressure zone in meteorology, a low-pressure steam pipe (which is not as dangerous as a high-pressure one). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Low-pressure
1. Having, employing, or exerting, a low degree of pressure. Low-pressure steam engine, a steam engine in which low steam is used; often applied to a condensing engine even when steam at high pressure is used. See Steam engine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Low-pressure
Literary usage of Low-pressure
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1910)
"3524 B. The Field and Future of the Low- Pressure Steam Turbine. Ira N. Hollis.
This second paper of a series considers the development and applications of ..."
2. Physiography by Rollin D. Salisbury (1919)
"Permanent areas of low pressure. Fig. 509 shows areas of low pressure in the
North Pacific and North Atlantic oceans, These areas of low pressure are still ..."
3. Principles of Thermodynamics by George Alfred Goodenough (1920)
"Low-Pressure Turbines.—The advantage of the steam turbine in its ability to take
care of large volumes of steam at low pressure has been mentioned. ..."
4. A Manual of Marine Engineering: Comprising the Designing, Construction, and by Albert Edward Seaton (1886)
"When the power requires that the low-pressure cylinder shall be more than 100
inches diameter, the three-cylinder engine with two low-pressure cylinders, ..."
5. Steam Power Plant Engineering by George Frederick Gebhardt (1913)
"low-pressure Mixed-pressure and Bleeder Turbines. ... Running with the ghie the
low-pressure turbine generator carries a variable load without vernor ..."
6. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1900)
"There is one piston-valve for the high- pressure cylinder, and two for each
intermediate-pressure cylinder, and one flat slide valve for each low-pressure ..."
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