slovodefinícia
High-pressure engine
(gcide)		High-pressure \High"-pres`sure\ (?; 135), a.
1. Having or involving a pressure greatly exceeding that of
the atmosphere; -- said of steam, air, water, etc., and of
steam, air, or hydraulic engines, water wheels, etc.
[1913 Webster]

2. Fig.: Urgent; intense; as, a high-pressure business or
social life.
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3. Using intense psychological pressure or other incentives
to convince others to do things; aggressively persistent;
as, high-pressure salesmen; high-pressure tactics.
[PJC]

High-pressure engine, an engine in which steam at high
pressure is used. It may be either a condensing or a
noncondensing engine. Formerly the term was used only of
the latter. See Steam engine.
[1913 Webster]
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