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overpressure

Syllables: o·ver·press·ureUK/ˌəʊ̯.vəˈpɹɛʃ.ə//ˌoʊ.vɚˈpɹɛʃ.ɚ/

overpressure noun: excess or markedly elevated pressure, especially a transient high pressure due to a shock wave.

Noun

overpressure (countable and uncountable, plural overpressures)

  1. excess or markedly elevated pressure, especially a transient high pressure due to a shock wave
    • ... or whether the bronchiectatic cavity is due principally to a yielding of the bronchial walls to the inspiratory and expiratory pressure, to the overpressure of the engorging secretion, ...1904, trans. unknown, Wilhelm von Leube, Julius L. Salinger (ed.), Medical Diagnosis, page 101
    • The walls facing the explosion will experience a reflected overpressure.1997, Task Committee on Blast Resistant Design, Design of Blast Resistant Buildings in Petrochemical Facilities, ASCE, page 3-14

Verb

overpressure (third-person singular simple present overpressures, present participle overpressuring, simple past and past participle overpressured)

  1. To subject to a high pressure

overpressure meaning in Bengali

overpressure in Bengali

অতিরিক্ত, লক্ষণীয়ভাবে বৃদ্ধি পাওয়া চাপ, উচ্চ চাপের সম্মুখীন করা

Antonyms of overpressure

Forms of overpressure

Noun
pluraloverpressures
Verb
third-person singular presentoverpressures
present participleoverpressuring
past participleoverpressured
pastoverpressured

Origin of overpressure

From over- + pressure.

Questions about overpressure

What does overpressure mean?
Overpressure means excess or markedly elevated pressure, especially a transient high pressure due to a shock wave.
What is overpressure in Bengali?
Overpressure in Bengali is অতিরিক্ত, লক্ষণীয়ভাবে বৃদ্ধি পাওয়া চাপ, উচ্চ চাপের সম্মুখীন করা. See Overpressure meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is overpressure?
Overpressure can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce overpressure?
Overpressure is pronounced /ˌəʊ̯.vəˈpɹɛʃ.ə/ (UK).
What is the plural of overpressure?
The plural of overpressure is overpressures.

Words near overpressure in the dictionary

  1. overpresent
  2. overpress
  3. overpressed
  4. overpresses
  5. overpressing
  6. overpressure
  7. overpressured
  8. overpressures
  9. overpressuring
  10. overpressurisation
  11. overpressurisations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overpressure (page history and authors); overpressure (Bengali 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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