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FLUID PRESSURE

Definition: FLUID PRESSURE

FLUID PRESSURE

1. Pressure like that exerted by a fluid. It is a thrust which is normal and equally intense in all directions around a point. --Rankine.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Specialty Definition: FLUID PRESSURE

DomainDefinition

Mining

A. The force, expressed in pounds per square inch, exerted by the weight of the column of drilling fluid measured at any given depth in a borehole. CF:bottom-hole pressureb. The pressure exerted by fluid contained in rock. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: FLUID PRESSURE

English words defined with "FLUID PRESSURE": Balance valvePressure gauge. (references)
Specialty definitions using "FLUID PRESSURE": bottled inert gasFLUID-POWER MECHANIC, formed plywoodmolded plywood, moulded plywood. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: FLUID PRESSURE

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Health

The doctor may also wish to test cerebrospinal fluid pressure levels and to analyze the cerebrospinal fluid by performing a lumbar puncture. (references)

Pseudotumor cerebri is diagnosed by ruling out all other possible causes for symptoms and confirming that the cerebrospinal fluid pressure is increased. (references)

Here, symptoms usually begin between the ages of 25 and 40 and may worsen with straining or any activity that causes cerebrospinal fluid pressure to fluctuate suddenly. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expression: FLUID PRESSURE

Expression using "FLUID PRESSURE": Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Expressions: FLUID PRESSURE

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

fluid pressure

6

fluid pressure spinal

2
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Modern Translation: FLUID PRESSURE

Language Translations for "FLUID PRESSURE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Dutch

  

vleugelontijzingsklep (check shut-off fluid pressure differential regulating valve). (various references)

   

French

  

vanne d'anti-givrage de voilure (check shut-off fluid pressure differential regulating valve). (various references)

   

German

  

Flugwerkenteisungsventil (check shut-off fluid pressure differential regulating valve). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αντιπαγωτική βαλβίδα πτερώματος (check shut-off fluid pressure differential regulating valve). (various references)

   

Italian

  

valvola antighiaccio dell'ala (check shut-off fluid pressure differential regulating valve). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

uidflay essurepray.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

válvula de degelo das asas (check shut-off fluid pressure differential regulating valve). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

válvula de deshielo de alas (check shut-off fluid pressure differential regulating valve). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

sıvı basıncı. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: FLUID PRESSURE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-e-e-f-i-l-p-r-r-s-s-u-u"

-2 letters: superfluids.

-3 letters: superfluid.

-4 letters: desulfurs, disperser, fusileers, pilferers, preluders, presiders, pressured, pruderies, repulsers, repursued, repursues, riderless, superlies, surprised.

-5 letters: defilers, derrises, desirers, despiser, desulfur, disperse, diureses, dressier, dripless, duperies, ferruled, ferrules, fielders, fireless, fissured, flurried, flurries, friseurs, fusileer, leisured, leisures, perdures, perfused, perfuses, perusers, pilfered, pilferer, prefiled, prefiles, prefired, prefires, preluder, preludes, presider, presides.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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