Akademik

pressure level

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

• Syn: ↑pressure, ↑force per unit area

• Derivationally related forms: ↑press (for: ↑pressure), ↑pressurize (for: ↑pressure), ↑pressurise (for: ↑pressure)

• Hypernyms: ↑physical phenomenon

• Hyponyms:

↑blood pressure, ↑gas pressure, ↑head, ↑hydrostatic head, ↑intraocular pressure, ↑IOP, ↑oil pressure, ↑osmotic pressure, ↑radiation pressure, ↑corpuscular-radiation pressure, ↑sound pressure, ↑instantaneous sound pressure, ↑suction, ↑vapor pressure, ↑vapour pressure

Useful english dictionary. 2012.