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English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈæb.səˌlut ˈpɹɜ.ʃɚ/, /ˌæb.səˈljut ˈpɹɜ.ʃɚ/
Noun
absolute pressure
- (physics, meteorology) Total pressure in a fluid equivalent to the sum of the gage and the atmospheric pressures.[1]
Translations
pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
References
- ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 , →ISBN), page 6