STANDARD PRESSURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does standard pressure mean? 

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

1. a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• STANDARD PRESSURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

atm; atmosphere; standard atmosphere; standard pressure

Hypernyms ("standard pressure" is a kind of...):

pressure unit (a unit measuring force per unit area)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "standard pressure"):

s.t.p.; STP (standard temperature and pressure)