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Definition: Air Pressure |
Air PressureNoun1. The pressure exerted by the atmosphere. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | The force per unit area that the air exerts on any surface in contact with it. Primarily used for articles pertaining to air pressure within a closed environment. (references) |
Mining | A. For rock drills, the air pressure ranges from 70 to 90 psi (480 to 620 kPa), the most economical pressure for such machines being from 90 to 95 psi (620 to 655 kPa), when high drilling speed is attained b. To operate the percussive tool and to flush the hole of cuttings, surface mounted drills use 690 to 1,725 kPa air pressur. (references) |
Science | The weight of the atmosphere over a particular point, also called barometric pressure. Average air exerts approximately 14.7 pounds (6.8 kg) of force on every square inch (or 101,325 newtons on every square meter) at sea level. (references) |
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Synonym: Air PressureSynonym: atmospheric pressure (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Air Pressure |
| English words defined with "air pressure": aerodontalgia, Aerometry, air compressor, Air drill, air hose, air lock, air pocket, airline, airlock, Anticyclonic storm, auditory tube ♦ BB gun, Blast furnace ♦ Carbonic acid, compartment pressure, compressed air, condensation trail, contrail ♦ decompress, depression, depressurise, depressurize ♦ Elastic fluids, Equilibrium valve, Eustachian tube, explode ♦ Fiber gun ♦ high, high pressure ♦ iron lung ♦ low, low pressure ♦ plenum, Pneumatic caisson, Pneumatic dispatch, Pneumatical, pressurised, pressurized, Prime mover, puncture ♦ Reducing valve ♦ safety valve, Saltatory spasm, Steam gauge, superincumbent ♦ Triple valve ♦ Vacuum brake ♦ wind. (references) |
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 | Air hissing; losing air pressure; the sound of an aerosol can letting out its contents. |
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Health | The air pressure is adjusted so that it is just enough to prevent the throat from collapsing during sleep. (references) | |
When patients exhale through the flutter, a special valve causes rapid air pressure fluctuations in the patients' airways. (references) | ||
Nasal CPAP uses a mask-like device and pump that work together to keep the airway open with air pressure during each inspiration. (references) | ||
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| Language | Translations for "air pressure"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ضغط هوائي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | trykluft (compressed air, compressed air pressure, hydropneumatic, induced air), superglottalt tryk (air pressure in resonating tube above larynx), naar riggen loefter sig,maa loeftecylindrene aktiveres for at udstraekke borestrengskompensatoren og saaledes presse luft fra cylindrene ind i trykluftbeholderne (as the heaves upward, the support cylinders must stroke to extend the drill string compensator and thus to compress air from the cylinders into the air pressure vessels). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | luchtdruk in de resonantieholte boven de larynx (air pressure in resonating tube above larynx), luchtdruk (air-pressure, atmospheric pressure, compressed air pressure, hydropneumatic), druk door perslucht (compressed air pressure, hydropneumatic), bij de opwaartse dompbeweging van het boorschip moeten de steuncilinders een slag maken om de boorseriecompensator uit te schuiven en aldus lucht uit de cilinders in de drukvaten te comprimeren (as the heaves upward, the support cylinders must stroke to extend the drill string compensator and thus to compress air from the cylinders into the air pressure vessels). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pression atmosphérique (air-pressure). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | luftdruck (air-pressure, atmospheric pressure, barometric pressure). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ατμοσφαιρική πίεση (atmospheric pressure). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | al sollevarsi dell'impianto,la corsa dei cilindri deve mettere sotto tensione il compensatore,comprimendo l'aria contenuta nei cilindri verso i bomboloni dell'aria compressa (as the heaves upward, the support cylinders must stroke to extend the drill string compensator and thus to compress air from the cylinders into the air pressure vessels), pressione di gas (compressed air pressure, hydropneumatic), pressione di aria (compressed air pressure, hydropneumatic), pressione della cavit boccale (air pressure in resonating tube above larynx), precompressione (compressed air pressure, hydropneumatic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | trimmid aer, chionnid aer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | airay essurepray pressão do gás (compressed air pressure, hydropneumatic), pressão do ar (compressed air pressure, hydropneumatic). (various references) presión atmosférica (atmospheric pressure, barometric pressure). (various references) lufttryck (air-pressure, atmospheric pressure). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-i-p-r-r-r-s-s-u" | |
-2 letters: rareripes, repairers, spurriers, surpriser, upraisers. | |
-3 letters: asperser, aspirers, erasures, perusers, praisers, pressure, priseres, rareripe, reassure, reissuer, repairer, reprises, reraises, respires, sparrier, spearers, spurrers, spurrier, spurries, surprise, upraiser, upraises, uprisers. | |
-4 letters: aperies, arrises, asperse, aspirer, aspires, assurer, erasers, erasure, pareses, paresis, parises, parries, parsers, parures, pausers, perries, peruser, peruses, praiser, praises, presser, prisere, pursers. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-i-p-r-r-r-s-s-u" | |
+2 letters: supercarriers, treasurership. | |
+3 letters: treasurerships. | |
+4 letters: supernumeraries. | |
+5 letters: ultraprogressive. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 69 72 50 72 65 73 73 75 72 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101001 01110010 00100000 01010000 01110010 01100101 01110011 01110011 01110101 01110010 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A i r   P r e s s u r e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0069 0072 0050 0072 0065 0073 0073 0075 0072 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35758425084718585878471 |
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