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underpressures

underpressures is the plural of underpressure.

Meaning of underpressure

Noun

underpressure (plural underpressures)

  1. insufficient pressure; a marked drop in pressure
    • The expanding-hot-channel mechanism predicts an initial positive pressure change (an overpressure) while the electrostatic-pressure-relief mechanism predicts an initial negative pressure change (an underpressure).2007, Vladimir A. Rakov, Martin A. Uman, Lightning: Physics and Effects, page 378

Questions about underpressures

What is underpressures the plural of?
Underpressures is the plural of underpressure.

Words near underpressures in the dictionary

  1. underprescribing
  2. underprescription
  3. underpresence
  4. underpresences
  5. underpressure
  6. underpressures
  7. underpressurise
  8. underpressurised
  9. underpressurises
  10. underpressurising
  11. underpressurization

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