pressure

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It seems I'm in the minority who thinks this is an over the top reaction to Wall Street pressure.

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Quick take

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"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of pressure gathered in one view.

noun

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"

noun

a force that compels; "the public brought pressure to bear on the government"

noun

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"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for pressure.

noun

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"

noun

a force that compels; "the public brought pressure to bear on the government"

noun

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"

noun

the state of demanding notice or attention; "the insistence of their hunger"; "the press of business matters"

noun

the somatic sensation that results from applying force to an area of skin; "the sensitivity of his skin to pressure and temperature was normal"

noun

an oppressive condition of physical or mental or social or economic distress

noun

the pressure exerted by the atmosphere

verb

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"

verb

exert pressure on someone through threats

Example sentences

It seems I'm in the minority who thinks this is an over the top reaction to Wall Street pressure.

The community knows this and both have comment scores above 12, but each person feels pressure to "win".

Listening to pundits showing you charts and graphs and science about how you're wasting your life will just invite stress and pressure.

You will put immense pressure on your significant other to either make up your losses financially or support you.

If the water pressure is turned off, the pipe will retain it most recent diameter until the water is turned back on.

Add to that the external pressure of peers who make it big, do "great things", and the river of marketing telling you that you need fancier watches, shinier cars, the newest iPhone.

Not to psycho-analyze too much, but the lack of vote scores removes the pressure to have the best comment or a better score than someone that has a different perspective.

Is it not your job to make sure the playing field is level, especially at a school where there is such a high pressure to do well as a result of a strict grading curve policy?

I was kind of hoping that competitive pressure from Microsoft and Amazon and more recently Facebook would make us wake up collectively and start doing universal services.

The water itself is analogous to electrical charge, the pressure at the input of the pipe is similar to voltage, and the rate of flow of the water through the pipe is like electrical current.

I remember the parental and peer pressure particularly well: my dad was pretty much opposed to it because he felt taking biology would "lead to more options later", but I was not convinced.

You've got VR headsets for immersive 3d audio and video, haptic gloves or suits, sometimes with cabling for precise pressure and force vector feedback, variable-attitude simulators, etc.