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Webster 1913 Edition
Pressure
1.
The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing;
as, a
. pressure
of the hand2.
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.Where the
pressure
of danger was not felt. Macaulay.
3.
Affliction; distress; grievance.
My people’s
pressures
are grievous. Eikon Basilike.
In the midst of his great troubles and
pressures
. Atterbury.
4.
Urgency;
as, the
. pressure
of business5.
Impression; stamp; character impressed.
All saws of books, all forms, all
pressures
past. Shakespeare
6.
(Mech.)
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 amount upon a unit's area.
Atmospheric pressure
, Center of pressure
, etc. See under
– Atmospheric
, Center
, etc. Back pressure
(Steam engine)
, pressure which resists the motion of the piston, as the pressure of exhaust steam which does not find free outlet.
– Fluid pressure
, pressure like that exerted by a fluid. It is a thrust which is normal and equally intense in all directions around a point.
Rankine.
– Pressure gauge
, a gauge for indicating fluid pressure; a manometer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pressure
PRESS'URE
,Noun.
1.
The act of squeezing or crushing. Wine is obtained by the pressure of grapes.2.
The state of being squeezed or crushed.3.
The force of one body acting on another by weight or the continued application of power. Pressure is occasioned by weight or gravity, by the motion of bodies, by the expansion of fluids, by elasticity, &c. Mutual pressure may be caused by the meeting of moving bodies, or by the motion of one body against another at rest, and the resistance or elastic force of the latter. The degree of pressure is in proportion to the weight of the pressing body, or to the power applied, or to the elastic force of resisting bodies. The screw is a most powerful instrument of pressure. The pressure of wind on the sails of a ship is in proportion to its velocity.4.
A constraining force or impulse; that which urges or compels the intellectual or moral faculties; as the pressure of motives on the mind, or of fear on the conscience.5.
That which afflicts the body or depresses the spirits; any severe affliction, distress, calamity or grievance; straits, difficulties, embarrassments, or the distress they occasion. We speak of the pressure of poverty or want, the pressure of debts, the pressure of taxes, the pressure of afflictions or sorrow. My own and my people's pressures are grievous.
To this consideration he retreats with comfort in all his pressures.
We observe that pressure is used both for trouble or calamity, and for the distress it produces.
6.
Urgency; as the pressure of business.7.
Impression; stamp; character impressed. All laws of books, all forms, all pressures past.
Definition 2024
pressuré
pressuré
See also: pressure
French
Verb
pressuré m (feminine singular pressurée, masculine plural pressurés, feminine plural pressurées)
- past participle of pressurer
Adjective
pressuré m (feminine singular pressurée, masculine plural pressurés, feminine plural pressurées)