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GAS PRESSURE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gas pressure mean?
• GAS PRESSURE (noun)
The noun GAS PRESSURE has 1 sense:
1. the pressure exerted by a gas
Familiarity information: GAS PRESSURE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The pressure exerted by a gas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("gas pressure" is a kind of...):
force per unit area; pressure; pressure level (the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gas pressure"):
air pressure; atmospheric pressure; pressure (the pressure exerted by the atmosphere)
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