pressure  /pr'ɛʃɚ/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  pressure
  壓,榨,按,強制,壓力,壓迫,壓強(vt.)迫使,使增壓,密封

資料來源(2): Network Terminology [netterm]

  pressure
  壓力

資料來源(3): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Pressure \Pres"sure\, n.
     Electro-motive force.

資料來源(4): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Pressure \Pres"sure\ (?; 138), n. [OF., fr. L. pressura, fr.
     premere. See 4th {Press}.]
     1. The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed;
        compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of
        the hand.
  
     2. A contrasting force or impulse of any kind; as, the
        pressure of poverty; the pressure of taxes; the pressure
        of motives on the mind; the pressure of civilization.
  
              Where the pressure of danger was not felt.
                                                    --Macaulay.
  
     3. Affliction; distress; grievance.
  
              My people's pressures are grievous.   --Eikon
                                                    Basilike.
  
              In the midst of his great troubles and pressures.
                                                    --Atterbury.
  
     4. Urgency; as, the pressure of business.
  
     5. Impression; stamp; character impressed.
  
              All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     6. (Mech.) The action of a force against some obstacle or
        opposing force; a force in the nature of a thrust,
        distributed over a surface, often estimated with reference
        to the upon a unit's area.
  
     {Atmospheric pressure}, {Center of pressure}, etc. See under
        {Atmospheric}, {Center}, etc.
  
     {Back pressure} (Steam engine), pressure which resists the
        motion of the piston, as the pressure of exhaust steam
        which does not find free outlet.
  
     {Fluid pressure}, pressure like that exerted by a fluid. It
        is a thrust which is normal and equally intense in all
        directions around a point. --Rankine.
  
     {Pressure gauge}, a gauge for indicating fluid pressure; a
        manometer.

資料來源(5): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  pressure
       n 1: the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in
            pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit); "the
            compressed gas exerts an increased pressure" [syn: {pressure
            level}, {force per unit area}]
       2: a force that compels; "the public brought pressure to bear
          on the government"
       3: the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure; "he gave the
          button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding";
          "at the pressing of a button" [syn: {press}, {pressing}]
       4: the state of urgently demanding notice or attention; "the
          press of business matters" [syn: {imperativeness}, {insistence},
           {insistency}, {press}]
       5: the somatic sensation of pressure; "the sensitivity of his
          skin to pressure and temperature was normal" [syn: {pressure
          sensation}]
       6: an oppressive condition of physical or mental or social or
          economic distress
       v 1: to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical,
            moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a
            job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information"
            [syn: {coerce}, {hale}, {squeeze}, {force}]
       2: exert pressure on someone through threats [syn: {blackmail},
           {blackjack}]