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Fluid 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.

  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. (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.

  7. 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.

Usage examples of "fluid pressure".

From the fluid pressure and from its chemical makeup it is possible to draw useful conclusions as to the existence or nonexistence of a brain tumor or abscess, of meningitis or other infection, and so on.

I knew that my internal body pressure was increasing rapidly to match the increasing fluid pressure outside.

There are rises in spinal fluid pressure and stomach muscle activity.

But, as often occurred in Moreen's Syndrome, the membranes themselves were too thick, even if the fluid pressure had been right.

It had instantly caused a groin contraction that filled his shaft with hot fluid pressure.

The increased cerebrospinal fluid pressure and the presence of blood in the fluid left no doubt.

The law of fluid pressure divide the different forms of organized bodies by the form of attraction and the number increased will be the form.