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    CORPUSCULAR-RADIATION PRESSURE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    The minute pressure exerted on a surface normal to the direction of propagation of a waveplay

    Synonyms:

    corpuscular-radiation pressure; radiation pressure

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural phenomena

    Hypernyms ("corpuscular-radiation pressure" is a kind of...):

    force per unit area; pressure; pressure level (the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit))

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "corpuscular-radiation pressure"):

    acoustic radiation pressure ((acoustics) the pressure exerted on a surface normal to the direction of propagation of a sound wave)

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