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Definition of Pressure
1. Verb. To cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :. "They pressure him to write the letter"; "He squeezed her for information"
Causes: Act, Move
Specialized synonyms: Turn Up The Heat, Turn Up The Pressure, Drive, Bludgeon, Steamroll, Steamroller, Squeeze For, Dragoon, Railroad, Sandbag, Terrorise, Terrorize, Bring Oneself
Generic synonyms: Compel, Obligate, Oblige
Derivative terms: Coercion, Coercion, Coercive, Force, Force, Squeeze
2. Noun. The force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit). "The compressed gas exerts an increased pressure"
Generic synonyms: Physical Phenomenon
Specialized synonyms: Blood Pressure, Gas Pressure, Head, Hydrostatic Head, Intraocular Pressure, Iop, Oil Pressure, Osmotic Pressure, Corpuscular-radiation Pressure, Radiation Pressure, Instantaneous Sound Pressure, Sound Pressure, Suction, Vapor Pressure, Vapour Pressure
Derivative terms: Press, Pressurise, Pressurise, Pressurise, Pressurize, Pressurize, Pressurize
3. Verb. Exert pressure on someone through threats. "They pressure him to write the letter"
Generic synonyms: Act Upon, Influence, Work
Derivative terms: Blackmail, Blackmailer
4. Noun. A force that compels. ; "The public brought pressure to bear on the government"
5. Noun. The act of pressing; the exertion of pressure. "At the pressing of a button"
Generic synonyms: Push, Pushing
Specialized synonyms: Impression, Compressing, Compression
Derivative terms: Press, Press, Press, Press, Press, Press, Press, Press, Press
6. Noun. The state of demanding notice or attention. "The press of business matters"
Generic synonyms: Urgency
Derivative terms: Imperative, Insistent, Insistent, Press
7. Noun. The somatic sensation that results from applying force to an area of skin. "The sensitivity of his skin to pressure and temperature was normal"
Generic synonyms: Somaesthesia, Somatesthesia, Somatic Sensation, Somesthesia
8. Noun. An oppressive condition of physical or mental or social or economic distress.
9. Noun. The pressure exerted by the atmosphere.
Generic synonyms: Gas Pressure
Specialized synonyms: Barometric Pressure, Compartment Pressure, Overpressure, Sea-level Pressure
Definition of Pressure
1. n. The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand.
2. n. Electro-motive force.
Definition of Pressure
1. Noun. (physics) The amount of force that is applied over a given area divided by the size of this area. ¹
2. Noun. A pressing; a force applied to a surface. ¹
3. Noun. Mental strain caused by one's own or others' expectations on one's own performance ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To encourage or heavily exert force or influence. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pressure
1. to apply force to [v -SURED, -SURING, -SURES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pressure
Literary usage of Pressure
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1911)
"any point the fall of pressure during inspiration will be ... At the end of an
inspiration, if there is a pause, the pressure within the lungs again rises, ..."
2. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1911)
"method we may take a simple problem such as the determination of the osmotic
pressure of a 1 per cent, solution of cane-sugar. One gm. of H at atmospheric ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"As the pressure in the inflated bag is released this sound is followed by a murmur
... At this instant the column of mercury shows the diastolic pressure. ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"It liquefies at a temperature of 100° C, or 212° F., under a pressure of one
atmosphere at the sea-level, namely, 14.7 pounds per square inch. ..."
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