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AIR PRESSURE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The pressure exerted by the atmosphere
Synonyms:
air pressure; atmospheric pressure; pressure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("air pressure" is a kind of...):
gas pressure (the pressure exerted by a gas)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "air pressure"):
barometric pressure (atmospheric pressure as indicated by a barometer)
compartment pressure (the air pressure maintained in an air-tight compartment (as in an aircraft))
overpressure (a transient air pressure greater than the surrounding atmospheric pressure)
sea-level pressure (the atmospheric pressure reduced by a formula to the pressure at sea level)
