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Definition of Pression
1. n. The act of pressing; pressure.
Definition of Pression
1. Noun. (rare) Pressure or an act of applying pressure.''Oxford English Dictionary'', 2nd ed., 1989 ¹
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Definition of Pression
1. pressure [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pression
Literary usage of Pression
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Each point of the line corresponds to a determinate im- VOL. VIII.—3T3 pression
of color; the line is not a straight line, as regard* luminous ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1823)
"James II. is universally spoken take a different side," is carefully re- pression
of their party and their reli- mies changed generals, victory would of by ..."
3. Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator by Edward Whymper (1892)
"G. Masson, the publisher of La pression Barométrique, for permitting the details
of these two experiments to be reprinted here at full length. ..."