pressure
31Pressure — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. MC Pressure est un musicien australien membre du groupe Hilltop Hoods. Pressure est un chanteur de reggae américain. Pressure est un film de Horace Ové… …
32pressure — Synonyms and related words: abetment, adverse circumstances, adversity, advocate, affliction, aggravation, albatross, annoyance, apply pressure, argumentum baculinum, ascendancy, authority, bale, bear against, bear down on, bear down upon, bear… …
33pressure — 1. noun 1) confined gas exerts a constant pressure Syn: physical force, load, stress, thrust; compression, weight 2) they put pressure on us to borrow money Syn: coercion, force, compulsion, constraint, duress …
34pressure — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. strain, compulsion, stress; persuasion, coercion, persuasiveness; affliction, trouble; distress; heaviness, compression. See adversity, gravity, importance, influence, power. II (Roget s IV) n. 1.… …
35pressure — 1. noun 1) atmospheric pressure Syn: force, load, stress, thrust, compression, weight 2) there was pressure to conform Syn: persuasion, intimidation, coercion, compulsion, dur …
36pressure — pres•sure [[t]ˈprɛʃ ər[/t]] n. v. sured, sur•ing 1) the exertion of force upon a surface by an object, fluid, etc., in contact with it 2) phs Physics. force per unit area Symbol: P II, 3), b) 3) the state of being pressed or compressed 4)… …
37pressure — /ˈprɛʃə / (say preshuh) noun 1. the exertion of force upon a body by another body in contact with it; compression. 2. Physics the force per unit area exerted on a given surface. The SI unit of pressure is the pascal. One pascal is equal to one… …
38pressure — torture Exerted on someone in custody: ... he s trained to withstand pressure. Interesting usage, pressure. (Seymour, 1989 a prisoner was being tortured) …
39pressure — 1) quantity of fish caught per hectare (fishing pressure) 2) a measure of resource use by anglers, e.g. number of angler hours, party hours, boat hours, trips on the water. Also called fishing effort …
40pressure — 1. noun /ˈprɛʃər,ˈpɹɛʃ.ə(ɹ),ˈpɹɛʃ.ɚ/ a) The amount of force that is applied over a given area divided by the size of this area. , SI: pascal (Pa) (1 pascal equals 1 newton per square metre) b) A …
