Negative Pressure Definition

noun
Pressure lower than a given reference pressure, generally causing suction rather than exerting an outward pushing force.
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Pressure that is less than normal atmospheric pressure.

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The tension in a liquid that is thermodynamically metastable with respect to the vapour phase; especially that in the xylem of vascular plants that allows transpiration to great heights.

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negative pressure
Plural:
negative-pressures

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