Pressure (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. the exertion of force upon a surface by an object, fluid, etc., in contact with it: the pressure of earth against a wall.
  2. force per unit area. Symbol: P
  3. atmospheric pressure.
  4. electromotive force.
  5. the state of being pressed or compressed.
  6. harassment; oppression: the pressures of daily life.
  7. a constraining or compelling force or influence: the social pressures of city life;financial pressure.
  8. urgency, as of affairs or business: He works well under pressure.
  9. that which is impressed.
verb (used with object), pres·sured, pres·sur·ing.
  1. to force (someone) toward a particular end; influence: They pressured him into accepting the contract.
  2. pressurize.
noun
  1. the state of pressing or being pressed
  2. the exertion of force by one body on the surface of another
  3. a moral force that compels
  4. an urgent claim or demand or series of urgent claims or demands
  5. a burdensome condition that is hard to bear
  6. the normal force applied to a unit area of a surface, usually measured in pascals (newtons per square metre), millibars, torr, or atmospheres
  7. short for atmospheric pressure, blood pressure
verb
  1. to constrain or compel, as by the application of moral force
  2. another word for pressurize
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