'Pressure' definitions:
Definition of 'pressure'
(from WordNet)
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" [syn: pressure, pressure level, force per unit area]
noun
A force that compels; "the public brought pressure to bear on the government"
noun
The act of pressing; the exertion of pressure; "he gave the button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"; "at the pressing of a button" [syn: press, pressure, pressing]
noun
The state of demanding notice or attention; "the insistence of their hunger"; "the press of business matters" [syn: imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press, pressure]
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" [syn: pressure, pressure sensation]
noun
An oppressive condition of physical or mental or social or economic distress
noun
The pressure exerted by the atmosphere [syn: atmospheric pressure, air pressure, pressure]
verb
To cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information" [syn: coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force]
verb
Definition of 'Pressure'
From: GCIDE
- Pressure \Pres"sure\ (?; 138), n. [OF., fr. L. pressura, fr. premere. See 4th Press.]
- 1. The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A contrasting force or impulse of any kind; as, the pressure of poverty; the pressure of taxes; the pressure of motives on the mind; the pressure of civilization. [1913 Webster]
- Where the pressure of danger was not felt. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Affliction; distress; grievance. [1913 Webster]
- My people's pressures are grievous. --Eikon Basilike. [1913 Webster]
- In the midst of his great troubles and pressures. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Urgency; as, the pressure of business. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Impression; stamp; character impressed. [1913 Webster]
- All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Mech.) The action of a force against some obstacle or opposing force; a force in the nature of a thrust, distributed over a surface, often estimated with reference to the amount upon a unit's area. [1913 Webster]
- 7. Electro-motive force. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- Atmospheric pressure, Center of pressure, etc. See under Atmospheric, Center, etc.
- Back pressure (Steam engine), pressure which resists the motion of the piston, as the pressure of exhaust steam which does not find free outlet.
- Fluid pressure, pressure like that exerted by a fluid. It is a thrust which is normal and equally intense in all directions around a point. --Rankine.
- Pressure gauge, a gauge for indicating fluid pressure; a manometer. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pressure'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abetment,
- adverse circumstances,
- adversity,
- advocate,
- affliction,
- aggravation,
- albatross,
- annoyance,
- apply pressure,
- argumentum baculinum,
- ascendancy,
- authority,
- bale,
- bear against,
- bear down on,
- bear down upon,
- bear hard upon,
- bearing,
- beset,
- besiege,
- blandish,
- blandishment,
- blight,
- boost,
- bug,
- bummer,
- bump,
- bunt,
- burden,
- burdening,
- burthen,
- butt,
- buttonhole,
- buttonholing,
- cajole,
- cajolement,
- cajolery,
- call on,
- call upon,
- care,
- caressing,
- cargo,
- case of need,
- charge,
- charging,
- charisma,
- charm,
- clamping,
- clamping down,
- clout,
- clutch,
- coax,
- coaxing,
- coerce,
- coercion,
- compel,
- compression,
- compulsion,
- consequence,
- constrain,
- constraint,
- constraints,
- control,
- credit,
- crisis,
- cross,
- crunch,
- crush,
- crushing,
- cumber,
- cumbrance,
- curse,
- deadweight,
- demand,
- demandingness,
- demands,
- difficulties,
- difficulty,
- dig,
- dire necessity,
- distress,
- dominance,
- domination,
- downer,
- drag,
- drive,
- dun,
- dunning,
- duress,
- effect,
- emergency,
- eminence,
- enchantment,
- encouragement,
- encumbrance,
- esteem,
- exert pressure,
- exhort,
- exigence,
- exigencies,
- exigency,
- favor,
- feeling,
- fingering,
- force,
- freight,
- friction,
- frottage,
- goading,
- good feeling,
- greatness,
- handicap,
- handling,
- hard knocks,
- hard life,
- hard lot,
- hardcase,
- hardship,
- head,
- high pressure,
- high-pressure,
- hold,
- hustle,
- immediacy,
- impel,
- imperative,
- imperativeness,
- importance,
- importunacy,
- importunateness,
- importune,
- importunity,
- impulse,
- impulsion,
- incidental power,
- incubus,
- incumbency,
- inducement,
- influence,
- influentiality,
- influentialness,
- insinuation,
- insist,
- insist on,
- insist upon,
- insistence,
- instance,
- intimidate,
- intimidation,
- irritation,
- jab,
- jawbone,
- jog,
- joggle,
- jolt,
- jostle,
- lading,
- leadership,
- lean on,
- leverage,
- load,
- loading,
- lobby,
- magnetism,
- make,
- manipulation,
- mastery,
- matter of necessity,
- mental strain,
- millstone,
- moment,
- nag,
- nag at,
- nagging,
- needling,
- nervous strain,
- nervous tension,
- nip,
- nudge,
- oppression,
- overload,
- overtaxing,
- overweighting,
- palpation,
- persistence,
- personality,
- persuade,
- persuasion,
- pertinaciousness,
- pertinacity,
- pester,
- pestering,
- petting,
- pinch,
- plague,
- plaguing,
- plead with,
- plight,
- ply,
- plying,
- poke,
- potency,
- power,
- precedence,
- predicament,
- predominance,
- preponderance,
- press,
- pressing,
- pressingness,
- prestige,
- prevail on,
- prevail upon,
- pricking,
- priority,
- problems,
- prod,
- prodding,
- prominence,
- punch,
- purchase,
- push,
- put pressure on,
- rank,
- rash impulse,
- recommend,
- reign,
- repute,
- require,
- rigor,
- rubbing,
- rule,
- rush,
- saddling,
- say,
- sea of troubles,
- seniority,
- shove,
- soft-soap,
- spurring,
- squeeze,
- squeezing,
- stature,
- strain,
- straits,
- strength,
- stress,
- stress and strain,
- stress of life,
- stroking,
- strong-arm tactics,
- suasion,
- subtle influence,
- suggestion,
- superincumbency,
- supremacy,
- surcharge,
- sway,
- sweet-talk,
- tautness,
- taxing,
- tease,
- teasing,
- tenseness,
- tension,
- the big stick,
- the bludgeon,
- the club,
- the jackboot,
- the mailed fist,
- the strong arm,
- the sword,
- thrust,
- tightening,
- torque,
- torsion,
- touching,
- trial,
- tribulation,
- trouble,
- troubles,
- tweak,
- upper hand,
- urge,
- urgency,
- urgent need,
- urging,
- vale of tears,
- vexation,
- vicissitude,
- violence,
- weight,
- weightiness,
- wheedle,
- wheedling,
- whip hand,
- work on
Words containing 'Pressure'
- pressurize,
- Atmospheric pressure,
- Back pressure,
- Center of pressure,
- Counter pressure,
- Fluid pressure,
- Inches of pressure,
- Lateral pressure,
- Pressure cooker,
- Pressure gauge,
- Pressure wires,
- Vapor pressure,
- air pressure,
- arterial pressure,
- barometric pressure,
- blood pressure,
- compartment pressure,
- diastolic pressure,
- gas pressure,
- intraocular pressure,
- negatively pressurized,
- oil pressure,
- osmotic pressure,
- pressure cabin,
- pressure dome,
- pressure feed,
- pressure gage,
- pressure group,
- pressure level,
- pressure point,
- pressure sensation,
- pressure sore,
- pressure suit,
- pressure unit,
- radiation pressure,
- sound pressure,
- standard pressure,
- systolic pressure,
- turn up the pressure,
- vapour pressure,
- venous pressure,
- High-pressure,
- Low-pressure,
- acoustic radiation pressure,
- high blood pressure,
- instantaneous sound pressure,
- law of partial pressures,
- pressure-cook,
- pressure-wash,
- pressurized water reactor,
- sound pressure level,
- High-pressure engine,
- High-pressure steam,
- Low-pressure steam,
- corpuscular-radiation pressure,
- dalton's law of partial pressures,
- pascal's law of fluid pressures,
- sea-level pressure,
- Low-pressure steam engine,
- pressure-feed lubricating system