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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: pressure (0.01116 detik)
Found 4 items, similar to pressure.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: pressure tekanan
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: pressure desakan, tekanan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: pressure pressure n 1: the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit); “the compressed gas exerts an increased pressure” [syn: pressure level , force per unit area] 2: a force that compels; “the public brought pressure to bear on the government” 3: the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure; “he gave the button a press”; “he used pressure to stop the bleeding”; “at the pressing of a button” [syn: press, pressing] 4: the state of urgently demanding notice or attention; “the press of business matters” [syn: imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press] 5: the somatic sensation of pressure; “the sensitivity of his skin to pressure and temperature was normal” [syn: pressure sensation ] 6: an oppressive condition of physical or mental or social or economic distress pressure v 1: to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :“She forced him to take a job in the city”; “He squeezed her for information” [syn: coerce, hale, squeeze, force] 2: exert pressure on someone through threats [syn: blackmail, blackjack]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Pressure Pressure \Pres"sure\ (?; 138), n. [OF., fr. L. pressura, fr. premere. See 4th Press.] 1. The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Where the pressure of danger was not felt. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 3. Affliction; distress; grievance. [1913 Webster] My people's pressures are grievous. --Eikon Basilike. [1913 Webster] In the midst of his great troubles and pressures. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster] 4. Urgency; as, the pressure of business. [1913 Webster] 5. Impression; stamp; character impressed. [1913 Webster] All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 7. Electro-motive force. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 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. [1913 Webster]

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