pressure is a Noun
[1] The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand.
[2] 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 business.
[5] Impression; stamp; character impressed. All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past. Shak.
[6] 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 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.
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