pressure

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Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit)
noun a force that compels
noun the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure

From Latin pressūra.

I consulted the pressure gauge. — Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World, Jules Verne
By High Education brought pressure to bear. — The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition, Rudyard Kipling
You must remember the pressure he was under. — The Young Alaskans on the Missouri, Emerson Hough

pressure level, force per unit area

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