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TOTAL PRESSURE

Specialty Definition: TOTAL PRESSURE

DomainDefinition

Aerospace

1. = stagnation pressure. 2. = impact pressure. 3. The pressure a moving fluid would have if it were brought to rest without losses.4. The pressure determined by all the molecular species crossing the imaginary surface. (references)

Mining

A. The total ventilating pressure in a mine, usually measured in the fan drift b. The algebraic sum of static pressure and velocity pressure at any particular point c. The pressure in a soil mass due to overlying material and any superimposed loads d. The pressure on any horizontal plane in a mass of soil as calculated from the weight of the material above the plane, or the soil together withany applied loads. (references)

Physics

Any force tending to compress a body. Source: European Union. (references)

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

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Crosswords: TOTAL PRESSURE

Specialty definitions using "TOTAL PRESSURE": absolute pressure, aerodynamical efficiencybit thrustdynamic pressure, dysbarismfan efficiency, fan static pressure, fan total pressure, fan ventilating pressureimpact pressuremine resistancepartial pressure, Pressure, Staticstagnation pressure, static efficiencytotal headunit pressuresvelocity pressure. (references)

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

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Expression: TOTAL PRESSURE

Expression using "TOTAL PRESSURE": fan total pressure. Additional references.

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

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Modern Translation: TOTAL PRESSURE

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

Danish

  

trykkraft (compressive force, pressure, pushing force). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

drukkracht (compression stress, compressive force, compressive stress, crushing stress, pressure, pushing force). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

puristusvoima (compressive force, pressure, pushing force), puristus (compression, jam, pressing, pressure, squeeze), paine (pressure, stress). (various references)

   

French

  

pression (to press), force de pression, force de compression, effort de compression. (various references)

   

German

  

Druckkraft (compressive force, thrust), Druck (compression, copy, force, heat, imprint, oppressiveness, press, pressure, print, printing, push, strain, tension, thrust, urgency). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

δύναμη συμπίεσης (compression stress, compressive force, compressive stress, crushing stress, pressure, pushing force). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

össznyomás. (various references)

   

Italian

  

azione di compressione (compressive action, compressive force, pressure, pushing force). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otaltay essurepray

   

Portuguese

  

pressão (accent, draw, pinch, press, squeeze, stress, thrust), força de pressão (compressive force, pressure, pushing force), força de compressão (compressive force, compressive stress, pressure, pushing force), esforço de compressão (compressive force, pressure, pushing force). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

fuerza de compresión (compressive force, pressure, pushing force). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

tryck (compression, costraint, heat, oppression, pressure, print, push, squeeze, stress, weight). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: TOTAL PRESSURE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-l-o-p-r-r-s-s-t-t-u"

-2 letters: splutterers, tetraspores.

-3 letters: plasterers, poetasters, postarrest, postulates, poulterers, prelatures, prosateurs, prostrates, protesters, pterosaurs, replasters, resolutest, saltpeters, splutterer, sporulates, sputterers, superstate, superstore, tetraspore.

-4 letters: apertures, austerest, lustrates, oleasters, operettas, outsleeps, outstares, outsteers, palterers, pasturers, patterers, peloruses, perorates, plasterer, pleasures, poetaster, polestars, postulate, posturers, potterers, poulterer, poussette, prattlers, prelature, pretastes, pretreats, proestrus, prosateur, prostates, prostrate.

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

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Expressions
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Bibliography


  

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