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atmospheric pressures

atmospheric pressures is the plural of atmospheric pressure.

Meaning of atmospheric pressure

Noun

atmospheric pressure (countable and uncountable, plural atmospheric pressures)

  1. 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

Questions about atmospheric pressures

What is atmospheric pressures the plural of?
Atmospheric pressures is the plural of atmospheric pressure.

Words near atmospheric pressures in the dictionary

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  4. atmospheric perspective
  5. atmospheric pressure
  6. atmospheric pressures
  7. atmospheric railway
  8. atmospheric railways
  9. atmospheric refraction
  10. atmospheric river
  11. atmospheric rivers

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