Pressure Synonyms & Definitions

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• PressureDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) Electro-motive force.
2. (n.) The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand.
3. (n.) Affliction; distress; grievance.
4. (n.) The action of a force against some obstacle or opposing force; a force in the nature of a thrust, distributed over a surface, often estimated with reference to the upon a units area.
5. (n.) Impression; stamp; character impressed.
6. (n.) A contrasting force or impulse of any kind; as, the pressure of poverty; the pressure of taxes; the pressure of motives on the mind; the pressure of civilization.
7. (n.) Urgency; as, the pressure of business.

• Pressure wiresDefinition & Meaning in English

1. () Wires leading from various points of an electric system to a central station, where a voltmeter indicates the potential of the system at those points.