counterpressure
counterpressure noun: pressure applied in one direction to counterbalance pressure from another.
Noun
counterpressure (countable and uncountable, plural counterpressures)
- Pressure applied in one direction to counterbalance pressure from another.
- Gradually, as the furor over Cape Wind gained national attention (in part because of an article in The New York Times Magazine), environmental groups like Greenpeace and powerful politicians in favor of alternative energy projects began to apply effective counterpressure. Mr. Cronkite, after...2007 May 25, William Grimes, “Gone With the Windmill Farms, or, a Cape Cod Cautionary Tale”, in New York Times
Verb
counterpressure (third-person singular simple present counterpressures, present participle counterpressuring, simple past and past participle counterpressured)
- To apply pressure to (something) in one direction to counterbalance pressure from another.
Forms of counterpressure
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | counterpressures |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | counterpressures |
| present participle | counterpressuring |
| past participle | counterpressured |
| past | counterpressured |
Origin of counterpressure
From counter- + pressure.
Questions about counterpressure
- What does counterpressure mean?
- Counterpressure means pressure applied in one direction to counterbalance pressure from another.
- What part of speech is counterpressure?
- Counterpressure can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of counterpressure?
- The plural of counterpressure is counterpressures.
Words near counterpressure in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: counterpressure (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.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “counterpressure.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/counterpressure. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.