Pressure

(noun.) a force that compels; 'the public brought pressure to bear on the government'.

(noun.) the somatic sensation that results from applying force to an area of skin; 'the sensitivity of his skin to pressure and temperature was normal'.

(noun.) the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit); 'the compressed gas exerts an increased pressure'.

(noun.) an oppressive condition of physical or mental or social or economic distress.

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• The instruments show a rapidly decreasing air pressure on all parts of Barsoom--the engine has stopped. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• When the cranes or other apparatus to be worked thereby are in operation, water is passed from the cylinder through a small pipe which actuates the crane through hydraulic pressure. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• He sat down beside her and waited; but suddenly he heard a step echoing far off down the empty rooms, and felt the pressure of the minutes. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Then came improved weighted and other safety valves to regulate and control this pressure. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Bloody insurrections repeatedly broke out, always traceable ultimately to the pressure of taxation. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• This machine contains a number of rotating beaters and high-pressure streams of water. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The gas, when purified, is conveyed to the gas-holder, whence it is forced by pressure into the mains and pipes. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• By the high pressures, or stresses given by the hydraulic press it was learned that cold metals have plasticity and can be moulded or stretched like other plastic bodies. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• These stresses are results of the longitudinal and radial pressures of the gas developed by the ignition and explosion of the powder. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• In fact, Boyle had sustained the hypothesis that supposes the pressures and expansions to be in reciprocal proportions. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• The boy flying a kite has to keep his eye on the kite, and has to note the various pressures of the string on his hand. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• By means of this instrument, pressures that are otherwise inappreciable and undiscoverable may be observed and indicated. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.

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