English noun: pressure level |
1. | pressure level (phenomenon) the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit) |
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| Samples | The compressed gas exerts an increased pressure.
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| Synonyms | force per unit area, pressure |
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| Broader (hypernym) | physical phenomenon |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | blood pressure, corpuscular-radiation pressure, gas pressure, head, hydrostatic head, instantaneous sound pressure, intraocular pressure, IOP, oil pressure, osmotic pressure, radiation pressure, sound pressure, suction, vapor pressure, vapour pressure |
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