pressure
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(noun) a force that compels; "the public brought pressure to bear on the government" |
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Related Words: force |
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(noun) the somatic sensation of pressure; "the sensitivity of his skin to pressure and temperature was normal" |
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Synonyms: pressure sensation |
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Related Words: feeling, somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation, somesthesia |
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(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" |
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Synonyms: force per unit area |
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Related Words: air pressure, atmospheric pressure, blood pressure, corpuscular-radiation pressure, head, hydrostatic head, instantaneous sound pressure, oil pressure, osmotic pressure, physical phenomenon, radiation pressure, sound pressure, suction, vapor pressure, vapour pressure |
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(noun) the act of pressing; "he gave the button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding" |
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Synonyms: press, pressing |
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Related Words: compressing, compression, decompressing, decompression, push, pushing |
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(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" |
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Synonyms: coerce, force |
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Related Words: bludgeon, bring oneself, compel, dragoon, drive, obligate, oblige, railroad, squeeze for, steamroller, terrorize |
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(verb) exert pressure on someone through threats |
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Synonyms: blackjack, blackmail |
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Related Words: act upon, influence |
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(noun) the state of urgently demanding notice or attention; "the press of business matters" |
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Synonyms: imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press |
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Related Words: urgency |
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