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low-pressure Definition

low·-pressure (-pres̸h′ər)

adjective

    1. having or using a low or relatively low pressure
    2. having or indicating a low barometric pressure
  2. not energetic or forceful

low-pressure Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • hose: Either leave this or treat very gently using a low-pressure hose.
  • lamp: Low-pressure sodium lamps provide very bad light quality they suitable for their use outside not in a room.
  • cylinder: Webb Compound A steam locomotive compound system in which two outside high-pressure cylinders exhaust into a single inside low-pressure cylinder.
  • steam: May be fully condensing or pass out intermediate pressure or low-pressure steam for process use.
  • port: The body is chrome plated and has two high and four low-pressure ports.
  • system: Storm Rising The weather map on the BBC showed a deep low-pressure system piling in from the Atlantic Ocean.

Modifying Another Word

relatively: Curtains are only effective with relatively low-pressure showers, they tend to get moldy and they are a bind to take down and clean.