POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pounds per square inch mean? 

• POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH (noun)
  The noun POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH has 1 sense:

1. a unit of pressure

  Familiarity information: POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A unit of pressure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

pounds per square inch; psi

Hypernyms ("pounds per square inch" is a kind of...):

pressure unit (a unit measuring force per unit area)

 Context examples 

A SI derived unit of pressure equivalent to one newton per square meter or 10 bars or to 1.45x10E-4 pounds per square inch.

(Pascal, NCI Thesaurus)

A SI derived unit of pressure equivalent to one hundred pascals, 1 millibar or 0.0145 pounds per square inch.

(Hectopascal, NCI Thesaurus)