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air pres·sure

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. atmospheric pressure, air pressure, pressurenoun

    the pressure exerted by the atmosphere

Wiktionary

  1. air pressurenoun

    atmospheric pressure

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  1. air pressure

    Air pressure is the force exerted by the weight of air molecules on a given area, typically measured in units of force per unit area such as pascals or atmospheres. It decreases with increasing altitude, and can be affected by factors such as temperature and weather conditions. High pressure often indicates calm, sunny weather while low pressure typically brings storms and wind.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Air Pressure

    The force per unit area that the air exerts on any surface in contact with it. Primarily used for articles pertaining to air pressure within a closed environment.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of air pressure in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of air pressure in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of air pressure in a Sentence

  1. Emily Applegate:

    When the investigation of the air pressure of Tom Brady's football concludes with a 200-plus-page report, but the investigation into two decades of sexual harassment concludes with nothing, it shows the NFL's complete lack of respect towards women, their employees and for the culture of our country.

  2. Edwin Griffioen:

    Because the air pressure is so much lower in an aeroplane than at sea level, a traditional beer tap will not work as it will only dispense a huge amount of foam, we do have dispensers that work on air pressure, but these were too big to fit in a plane.

  3. Mouaz Moustafa:

    He was attacking the crew and the passengers that were trying to subdue him and really just trying to get into the cockpit and then try to open the plane's door in the emergency sort of latch, he grabbed the plane's exit door. He's a big guy… the air pressure maybe probably makes it almost impossible to open the door, but he actually, like, kind of shifted it a few inches, and that was scary.

  4. Albert So:

    I predict the maximum speed of a vertical lift cabin cannot be more than 79 feet per second, this is not because we can't make lifts that go faster than this, but because of the air pressure.

  5. Bill Belichick:

    I have never talked to any player, staff member about football air pressure, that is not a subject that I have ever brought up.


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