RADIATION PRESSURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does radiation pressure mean? 

• RADIATION PRESSURE (noun)
  The noun RADIATION PRESSURE has 1 sense:

1. the minute pressure exerted on a surface normal to the direction of propagation of a wave

  Familiarity information: RADIATION PRESSURE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RADIATION PRESSURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The minute pressure exerted on a surface normal to the direction of propagation of a wave

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

corpuscular-radiation pressure; radiation pressure

Hypernyms ("radiation 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 "radiation pressure"):

acoustic radiation pressure ((acoustics) the pressure exerted on a surface normal to the direction of propagation of a sound wave)

 Context examples 

The gross asymmetries of the outer dust field are telling us there are a lot of forces in play (beyond just host-star radiation pressure) that are moving the material around.

(Hubble Finds Huge System of Dusty Material Enveloping the Young Star HR 4796A, NASA)