atmospheric pressure
atmospheric pressure noun: the pressure caused by the weight of the atmosphere above an area.
Noun
atmospheric pressure (countable and uncountable, plural atmospheric pressures)
- The pressure caused by the weight of the atmosphere above an area.
- Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle...2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36
- Synonyms:
- air pressure, barometric pressure
atmospheric pressure meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
atmospheric pressure in Hindi
- pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
- वायुमंडलीय दाब vāyumaṇḍlīya dāb
atmospheric pressure in Tamil
- pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
- வளிமண்டல அழுத்தம் vaḷimaṇṭala aḻuttam
atmospheric pressure in Marathi
- pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
- वातावरणाचा दाब vātāvarṇācā dāb
atmospheric pressure in Urdu
- pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
- ہوا کا دباؤ hvā kā dbāo
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- atmospheric pressure in Bengali
- বায়ুমণ্ডলীয় চাপ baẏumonḍoliẏo cap
- atmospheric pressure in Malayalam
- അന്തരീക്ഷമർദ്ദം antarīkṣamaṟddaṁ
- atmospheric pressure in Kannada
- ವಾಯುಭಾರ, ವಾತಾವರಣದ ಒತ್ತಡ
- atmospheric pressure in Punjabi
- ਵਾਯੂਮੰਡਲ ਦਬਾਅ vāyūmaṇḍal dabāa
- atmospheric pressure in Nepali
- वायुमण्डलीय चाप vāyumaṇḍalīya cāp
- atmospheric pressure in Tagalog
- presyon ng hangin, presyur ng hangin, bunto ng hangin
- atmospheric pressure in Arabic
- ضغط جوي
- atmospheric pressure in Malay
- tekanan atmosfera
- atmospheric pressure in Indonesian
- tekanan atmosfer
- atmospheric pressure in Persian
- فشار اتمسفری
- atmospheric pressure in Thai
- ความกดอากาศ kwaam-gòt-aa-gàat
Synonyms of atmospheric pressure
Forms of atmospheric pressure
| plural | atmospheric pressures |
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Questions about atmospheric pressure
- What does atmospheric pressure mean?
- Atmospheric pressure means the pressure caused by the weight of the atmosphere above an area.
- What is atmospheric pressure in Hindi?
- Atmospheric pressure in Hindi is वायुमंडलीय दाब (vāyumaṇḍlīya dāb). See Atmospheric pressure meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is atmospheric pressure?
- Atmospheric pressure is a noun.
- What is the plural of atmospheric pressure?
- The plural of atmospheric pressure is atmospheric pressures.
Words near atmospheric pressure in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: atmospheric pressure (page history and authors); atmospheric pressure (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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