Pressure Point

  

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Pressure Point

Definition: Pressure Point

Pressure Point

Noun

1. Any of several points on the body where the pulse can be felt and where pressure on an underlying artery will control bleeding from that artery at a more distal point.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Modern Usage: Pressure Point

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Pressure Point (1962)

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

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Commercial Usage: Pressure Point

DomainTitle

Books

  • Pressure Point Karate Made Easy: A Guide to the Dillman Pressure Point Method for Beginners and Young Martial Artists (reference)

  • Humane Pressure Point Self-Defense: Dillman Method for Law Enforcement, Medical Personnel, Business Professionals, Men and Women (reference)

  • Advanced Pressure Point Grappling: Dillman Method of Instant Self-Defense (reference)

  • Healing With Pressure Point Therapy: Simple, Effective Techniques for Massaging Away More Than 100 Common Ailments (reference)

  • Advanced Pressure Point Fighting of Ryukyu Kempo: Dillman Theory for All Systems (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Humane Pressure Point Self-Protection for Police, Firemen, and the Business Person (reference)

  • Blake's 7, Vol. 09 - Horizon / Pressure Point (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

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

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Image Slideshow: Pressure Point

Computer Images:
Pressure Point

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Pressure Point

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
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

pressure point

481

pressure point therapy

10

pressure point chart

60

reflexology pressure point

8

body pressure point

54

acupuncture pressure point

6

foot pressure point

43

sinus pressure point

6

massage pressure point

26

body chart for pressure point

5

pressure point fighting

26

karate pressure point

5

martial arts pressure point

25

pressure point attack

5

human pressure point

18

pressure point in the human body

2

self defense with pressure point

12

nausea pressure point

2

fibromyalgia pressure point

11

defense pressure point

2

martial art pressure point

2
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Modern Translation: Pressure Point

Language Translations for "pressure point"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Dutch

  

punt van gelijke druk (equal pressure point). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

EPP (equal pressure point). (various references)

   

French

  

point d'égale pression (equal pressure point), PEP (equal pressure point, pre-accession economic programme). (various references)

   

German

  

druckpunkt. (various references)

   

Italian

  

punto emostatico. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

圧痛点 , 圧点 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

あっつうて", あって". (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

essurepray ointpay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Pressure Point

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-i-n-o-p-p-r-r-s-s-t-u"

-2 letters: interposers, superperson.

-3 letters: interposer, interposes, pipestones, properness, properties, repression, superports, superstore, supporters, unstoppers.

-4 letters: entropies, eruptions, inserters, interpose, isoprenes, nurseries, orneriest, outpreens, peperonis, peripters, persister, perspires, pipestone, poetisers, portieres, posturers, preprints, prerinses, preunites, prisoners, proestrus, properest, proteuses, reinserts, reinsures, reorients, resprouts, retrousse, reuniters, serotines, sprinters, strippers, stroppers, stroppier, superiors, superport, superpose, superpros, supporter.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-i-n-o-p-p-r-r-s-s-t-u"
 

+5 letters: superminicomputers.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Pressure Point


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 72 65 73 73 75 72 65      50 6F 69 6E 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01110010 01100101 01110011 01110011 01110101 01110010 01100101 00100000 01010000 01101111 01101001 01101110 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#114 &#101 &#115 &#115 &#117 &#114 &#101 &#32 &#80 &#111 &#105 &#110 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0072 0065 0073 0073 0075 0072 0065      0050 006F 0069 006E 0074

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

508471858587847125081758086

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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