The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pressure \Pres"sure\ (?; 138), n. [OF., fr. L. pressura, fr. premere. See 4th Press.]
The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand.
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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.
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Affliction; distress; grievance.
My people's pressures are grievous.
--Eikon Basilike.In the midst of his great troubles and pressures.
--Atterbury. Urgency; as, the pressure of business.
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Impression; stamp; character impressed.
All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past.
--Shak. (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.
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Electro-motive force.
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.
Wiktionary
alt. An apparatus used to measure air pressure in a tyre. n. An apparatus used to measure air pressure in a tyre.
WordNet
n. gauge for measuring and indicating fluid pressure [syn: pressure gage]
Usage examples of "pressure gauge".
Divers military buoyancy compensator and a Sigma Systems console with depth gauge, air pressure gauge, compass and dive timer.
They paused at the pier, put the pressure gauge on the first two tanks in series, and found them charged, as Rick had predicted.
It was the assistant in charge of the pressure gauge of the furnace, a young man out of college.
Jake nursed the plane through the turn, frequently checking the pressure gauge for the lone hydraulic pump.
The needle on the pressure gauge was just shy of 1800 pounds when Pitt warned him that Shannon's pony bottle was dry and his lone tank had only 400 pounds left.
The oil pressure gauge is fluctuating wildly and they are risking a burnout.
On instinct his eyes swept the instrument panel, and he noted ominously that the needle on the oil-pressure gauge was suddenly falling into the red zone.
Leona McCabe and Darlene Braun had been in the instrument shop repairing a pressure gauge when the intercom had come to life.
Rick took a pressure gauge, adjusted it to his own tank, and opened the tank valve.