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OVERPRESSURE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does overpressure mean?
• OVERPRESSURE (noun)
The noun OVERPRESSURE has 1 sense:
1. a transient air pressure greater than the surrounding atmospheric pressure
Familiarity information: OVERPRESSURE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A transient air pressure greater than the surrounding atmospheric pressure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Context example:
the overpressure of the blast kills by lethal concussion
Hypernyms ("overpressure" is a kind of...):
air pressure; atmospheric pressure; pressure (the pressure exerted by the atmosphere)
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