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working pressures

working pressures is the plural of working pressure.

Meaning of working pressure

Noun

working pressure (countable and uncountable, plural working pressures)

  1. The pressure that something that operates under and contains pressure normally works at; the specified maximum working pressure is set below the test pressure.
    • It is a general-purpose type, with weight and clearances sufficiently restricted to enable it to have a considerably wider radius of action than the "V2" 2-6-2s and "K3" 2-6-0s, but at the same time, with the help of a working pressure of 225 lb. per sq. in., of considerable power.1943 March and April, “L.N.E.R. New Mixed-Traffic 4-6-0 Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 104

Questions about working pressures

What is working pressures the plural of?
Working pressures is the plural of working pressure.

Words near working pressures in the dictionary

  1. working parties
  2. working parts
  3. working party
  4. working poor
  5. working pressure
  6. working pressures
  7. working proof
  8. working proofs
  9. working round
  10. working sail
  11. working sails

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