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pressure pads

pressure pads is the plural of pressure pad.

Meaning of pressure pad

Noun

pressure pad (plural pressure pads)

  1. A piece of padding used to relieve soreness caused by constant pressure, such as bedsores.
  2. A soft padded sensor that responds to pressure.
  3. (colloquial) An induction loop sensor that detects when vehicles are stopped at traffic lights (commonly believed to sense the weight of the vehicle).
    • I believe there were pressure pads embedded in the road to monitor the amount of traffic.2021 February, The Road Ahead, Brisbane, page 8, column 3

Questions about pressure pads

What is pressure pads the plural of?
Pressure pads is the plural of pressure pad.

Words near pressure pads in the dictionary

  1. pressure injuries
  2. pressure injury
  3. pressure makes diamonds
  4. pressure of speech
  5. pressure pad
  6. pressure pads
  7. pressure point
  8. pressure points
  9. pressure retarded osmosis
  10. pressure ridge
  11. pressure ridges

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