pressures
pressures is the plural of pressure.
pressures is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pressure.
Meaning of pressure
Noun
pressure (countable and uncountable, plural pressures)
- A pressing; a force applied to a surface.
- Apply pressure to the wound to stop the bleeding.
- The amount of force that is applied over a given area divided by the size of this area; force per unit area.
- An amount of pressure.
- the throttle valve should be partially closed which will allow a pressure of steam to accumulate and so determine at once the true water-level1880, William Miller Barr, Handbook for Steam Engineers and Owners: Being a Practical Guide to the Selection and Care of Steam Machinery, J.H. Kerrick & Company, page 119
- A contrasting force or impulse of any kind.
- the pressure of poverty; the pressure of taxes; the pressure of motives on the mind; the pressure of civilization.
- Distress.
- She has felt pressure lately because her boss expects her to get the job done by the first.
- Synonyms:
- affliction, grievance
- Urgency.
- the pressure of business
- Synonyms:
- press
Phrases with pressures
- air pressures
- gage pressures
- peer pressures
- root pressures
- blood pressures
- pulse pressures
- vapor pressures
- water pressures
- Planck pressures
- static pressures
- vapour pressures
- ambient pressures
23 more phrasesFewer phrases
- dynamic pressures
- osmotic pressures
- partial pressures
- working pressures
- bursting pressures
- negative pressures
- radiation pressures
- barometric pressures
- pore water pressures
- atmospheric pressures
- hydrostatic pressures
- intraocular pressures
- intracranial pressures
- jugular venous pressures
- systolic blood pressures
- diastolic blood pressures
- positive airway pressures
- saturated vapor pressures
- saturation vapor pressures
- equilibrium vapor pressures
- saturation vapour pressures
- brake mean effective pressures
- standard temperatures and pressures
Questions about pressures
- What is pressures the plural of?
- Pressures is the plural of pressure.
Words near pressures in the dictionary
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