Phrase Hound found 38 phrases and 9 compound words that contain pressures. The most common are listed below. Open pressures in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 38
- blood pressuresplural of blood pressure: The pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins; it varies during the heartbeat cycle, and according to a person's age, health and physical condition.
- partial pressuresplural of partial pressure: The pressure that one component of a mixture of gases would contribute to the total pressure.
- vapor pressuresplural of vapor pressure: The pressure that a vapor exerts, or the partial pressure if it is mixed with other gases.
- osmotic pressuresplural of osmotic pressure: The hydrostatic pressure exerted by a solution across a semipermeable membrane from a pure solvent; the pressure needed to counteract osmosis.
- air pressuresplural of air pressure: atmospheric pressure or barometric pressure.
- ambient pressuresplural of ambient pressure: Pressure of the surrounding medium on an object, such as a gas or liquid, which comes into contact with the object.
- atmospheric pressuresplural of atmospheric pressure: The pressure caused by the weight of the atmosphere above an area.
- dynamic pressuresplural of dynamic pressure: The pressure exerted upon a body in contact with a fluid due to the relative motion between the two.
- gage pressuresplural of gage pressure: The absolute pressure minus the atmospheric pressure.
- high-pressuresthird-person singular simple present indicative of high-pressure: Operating at relatively high pressure, such as several times atmospheric pressure.
- negative pressuresplural of negative pressure: Pressure that is less than normal atmospheric pressure
- peer pressuresthird-person singular simple present indicative of peer pressure: Inducement or influence by one's peers.
- pulse pressuresplural of pulse pressure: The difference between systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure.
- radiation pressuresplural of radiation pressure: The pressure exerted by electromagnetic radiation on an object on which it impinges, as a consequence of its momentum.
- root pressuresplural of root pressure: The pressure (the result of osmosis) exerted by the roots of vascular plants that moves water into the leaves and causes guttation.
- static pressuresplural of static pressure: The pressure exerted by a fluid at rest or a constant velocity.
- tire-pressuresplural of tire-pressure: the pressure of the air in a vehicle tire
- water pressuresplural of water pressure: The amount of pressure that water exerts.
- working pressuresplural of working pressure: The pressure that something that operates under and contains pressure normally works at; the specified maximum working pressure is set below the test pressure.
- tyre-pressuresplural of tyre-pressure: the pressure of the air in a vehicle tire
- Planck pressuresplural of Planck pressure: The unit of pressure in the system of Planck units, equal to one Planck force in one Planck area (or one Planck energy in one Planck volume): p_p=(c⁷)/(hbar G²)≈4.633×10¹¹³ mbox Pa.
- bursting pressuresplural of bursting pressure: The radial pressure on a nut.
- equilibrium vapor pressuresplural of equilibrium vapor pressure: saturation vapor pressure
- vapour pressuresplural of vapour pressure: The pressure that a vapor exerts, or the partial pressure if it is mixed with other gases.
- saturated vapor pressuresplural of saturated vapor pressure: The vapor pressure at which the gaseous phase of a substance can coexist with the liquid or solid phase in equilibrium at a given temperature.
Compound words 9
- acupressuresplural of acupressure: An alternative medicine technique, derived from acupuncture, in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints.
- backpressuresplural of backpressure: Pressure that is opposed to the desired flow of a fluid (through a duct).
- counterpressuresplural of counterpressure: Pressure applied in one direction to counterbalance pressure from another.
- downpressuresplural of downpressure: downward pressure
- geopressuresplural of geopressure: geologic overpressure
- overpressuresplural of overpressure: excess or markedly elevated pressure, especially a transient high pressure due to a shock wave
- pseudopressuresplural of pseudopressure: A value based on pressure but taking into account the compressibility and viscosity of gases.
- underpressuresplural of underpressure: insufficient pressure; a marked drop in pressure
- compressuresplural of compressure: Compression.