Pressure Definition

prĕshər
pressured, pressures, pressuring
noun
pressures
The application of continuous force by one body on another that it is touching; compression.
American Heritage
Atmospheric pressure.
American Heritage
A sense impression caused by or as by compression of a part of the body.
Webster's New World
A pressing or being pressed; compression; squeezing.
Webster's New World
Force per unit of area.
Webster's New World
verb
pressured, pressures, pressuring
To exert pressure, or compelling influence, on.
Webster's New World
To pressurize.
American Heritage
Webster's New World
To pressure-cook.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Pressure

Noun

Singular:
pressure
Plural:
pressures

Origin of Pressure

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin pressūra from pressus past participle of premere to press per-4 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French, from Latin pressūra.

    From Wiktionary

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