| slovo | definícia |
pressure
(mass) | pressure
- tlak |
pressure
(encz) | pressure,lisování n: Zdeněk Brož |
pressure
(encz) | pressure,nátlak n: např. psychologický Pajosh |
pressure
(encz) | pressure,přítlak n: Zdeněk Brož |
pressure
(encz) | pressure,tisknutí n: Zdeněk Brož |
pressure
(encz) | pressure,tlačení n: Zdeněk Brož |
pressure
(encz) | pressure,tlak n: |
Pressure
(gcide) | Pressure \Pres"sure\ (?; 138), n. [OF., fr. L. pressura, fr.
premere. See 4th Press.]
1. The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed;
compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of
the hand.
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2. A contrasting force or impulse of any kind; as, the
pressure of poverty; the pressure of taxes; the pressure
of motives on the mind; the pressure of civilization.
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Where the pressure of danger was not felt.
--Macaulay.
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3. Affliction; distress; grievance.
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My people's pressures are grievous. --Eikon
Basilike.
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In the midst of his great troubles and pressures.
--Atterbury.
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4. Urgency; as, the pressure of business.
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5. Impression; stamp; character impressed.
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All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past.
--Shak.
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6. (Mech.) The action of a force against some obstacle or
opposing force; a force in the nature of a thrust,
distributed over a surface, often estimated with reference
to the amount upon a unit's area.
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7. Electro-motive force.
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Atmospheric pressure, Center of pressure, etc. See under
Atmospheric, Center, etc.
Back pressure (Steam engine), pressure which resists the
motion of the piston, as the pressure of exhaust steam
which does not find free outlet.
Fluid pressure, pressure like that exerted by a fluid. It
is a thrust which is normal and equally intense in all
directions around a point. --Rankine.
Pressure gauge, a gauge for indicating fluid pressure; a
manometer.
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pressure
(wn) | pressure
n 1: the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in
pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit); "the compressed
gas exerts an increased pressure" [syn: pressure,
pressure level, force per unit area]
2: a force that compels; "the public brought pressure to bear on
the government"
3: the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure; "he gave the
button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"; "at
the pressing of a button" [syn: press, pressure,
pressing]
4: the state of demanding notice or attention; "the insistence
of their hunger"; "the press of business matters" [syn:
imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press,
pressure]
5: the somatic sensation that results from applying force to an
area of skin; "the sensitivity of his skin to pressure and
temperature was normal" [syn: pressure, {pressure
sensation}]
6: an oppressive condition of physical or mental or social or
economic distress
7: the pressure exerted by the atmosphere [syn: {atmospheric
pressure}, air pressure, pressure]
v 1: to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical,
moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job
in the city"; "He squeezed her for information" [syn:
coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force]
2: exert pressure on someone through threats [syn: blackmail,
blackjack, pressure] |
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low pressure area
(mass) | low pressure area
- nižšie |
overpressure
(mass) | overpressure
- pretlak |
standard temperature and pressure
(msas) | standard temperature and pressure
- s.t.p. |
standard temperature and pressure
(msasasci) | standard temperature and pressure
- s.t.p. |
acupressure
(encz) | acupressure,akupresura n: Stanislav Horáček |
air pressure
(encz) | air pressure,tlak vzduchu Ritchie |
air pressure regulator
(encz) | air pressure regulator,redukční ventil n: web |
artesian overpressure
(encz) | artesian overpressure,artézský přetlak [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
barometric pressure
(encz) | barometric pressure,barometrický tlak n: |
blood pressure
(encz) | blood pressure,tlak krve |
compartment pressure
(encz) | compartment pressure, n: |
cool under pressure
(encz) | cool under pressure,mít klidnou hlavu Zdeněk Brož |
corpuscular-radiation pressure
(encz) | corpuscular-radiation pressure, n: |
counterpressure
(encz) | counterpressure,protitlak n: Zdeněk Brož |
deflationary pressure
(encz) | deflationary pressure, |
demographic pressure
(encz) | demographic pressure, |
diastolic pressure
(encz) | diastolic pressure, n: |
downward pressure
(encz) | downward pressure, |
gas pressure
(encz) | gas pressure, n: |
high blood pressure
(encz) | high blood pressure, n: |
high pressure
(encz) | high pressure, n: |
high-pressure
(encz) | high-pressure, adj: |
high-pressure area
(encz) | high-pressure area,oblast vysokého tlaku Hynek Hanke |
hydrostatic groundwater pressure
(encz) | hydrostatic groundwater pressure,hydrostatický tlak podzemní
vody [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
instantaneous sound pressure
(encz) | instantaneous sound pressure, n: |
intraocular pressure
(encz) | intraocular pressure, n: |
law of partial pressures
(encz) | law of partial pressures, n: |
low pressure
(encz) | low pressure,nízkotlaký adj: Zdeněk Brož |
low pressure area
(encz) | low pressure area,níže |
low-pressure
(encz) | low-pressure,nízkotlaký adj: Zdeněk Brož |
oil pressure
(encz) | oil pressure, n: |
osmotic pressure
(encz) | osmotic pressure,osmotický tlak [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
overpressure
(encz) | overpressure,přetlak n: Zdeněk Brož |
peer pressure
(encz) | peer pressure, |
population pressure
(encz) | population pressure, |
pressure cabin
(encz) | pressure cabin, n: |
pressure cooker
(encz) | pressure cooker,tlakový hrnec Zdeněk Brož |
pressure dome
(encz) | pressure dome, n: |
pressure feed
(encz) | pressure feed, n: |
pressure gage
(encz) | pressure gage, n: |
pressure gauge
(encz) | pressure gauge, n: |
pressure governor
(encz) | pressure governor,regulátor tlaku (závlahová síť) [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
pressure group
(encz) | pressure group,nátlaková skupina Zdeněk Brož |
pressure hull
(encz) | pressure hull,tlakové těleso (ponorky) n: Dita Vladyková |
pressure level
(encz) | pressure level, n: |
pressure loss
(encz) | pressure loss,tlaková ztráta (závlahová síť) [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
pressure point
(encz) | pressure point, n: |
pressure sensation
(encz) | pressure sensation, n: |
pressure sore
(encz) | pressure sore, n: |
pressure suit
(encz) | pressure suit, |
pressure unit
(encz) | pressure unit, n: |
pressure-cook
(encz) | pressure-cook, v: |
pressure-cooker
(encz) | pressure-cooker, adj: |
pressure-cooking
(encz) | pressure-cooking, |
pressure-feed lubricating system
(encz) | pressure-feed lubricating system, n: |
pressure-wash
(encz) | pressure-wash, v: |
pressured
(encz) | pressured, |
pressures
(encz) | pressures,tlaky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
radiation pressure
(encz) | radiation pressure,zářivý tlak n: [fyz.] JKR |
sound pressure
(encz) | sound pressure, n: |
sound pressure level
(encz) | sound pressure level, n: |
standard pressure
(encz) | standard pressure, n: |
systolic pressure
(encz) | systolic pressure, n: |
turn up the pressure
(encz) | turn up the pressure, v: |
under pressure
(encz) | under pressure,nedobrovolně Zdeněk Brožunder pressure,pod nátlakem Zdeněk Brožunder pressure,pod tlakem n: Milan Svobodaunder pressure,z přinucení n: Zdeněk Brož |
upward pressure
(encz) | upward pressure,vztlak n: Zdeněk Brož |
vapor pressure
(encz) | vapor pressure, n: |
vapour pressure
(encz) | vapour pressure, n: |
venous pressure
(encz) | venous pressure, n: |
high pressure compressor
(czen) | High Pressure Compressor,HPC[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
high pressure turbine
(czen) | High Pressure Turbine,HPT[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
low pressure turbine
(czen) | Low Pressure Turbine,LPT[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Acupressure
(gcide) | Acupressure \Ac`u*pres"sure\, n. [L. acus needle + premere,
pressum, to press.] (Surg.)
A mode of arresting hemorrhage resulting from wounds or
surgical operations, by passing under the divided vessel a
needle, the ends of which are left exposed externally on the
cutaneous surface. --Simpson.
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Atmospheric pressure
(gcide) | Pressure \Pres"sure\ (?; 138), n. [OF., fr. L. pressura, fr.
premere. See 4th Press.]
1. The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed;
compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of
the hand.
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2. A contrasting force or impulse of any kind; as, the
pressure of poverty; the pressure of taxes; the pressure
of motives on the mind; the pressure of civilization.
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Where the pressure of danger was not felt.
--Macaulay.
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3. Affliction; distress; grievance.
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My people's pressures are grievous. --Eikon
Basilike.
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In the midst of his great troubles and pressures.
--Atterbury.
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4. Urgency; as, the pressure of business.
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5. Impression; stamp; character impressed.
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All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past.
--Shak.
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6. (Mech.) The action of a force against some obstacle or
opposing force; a force in the nature of a thrust,
distributed over a surface, often estimated with reference
to the amount upon a unit's area.
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7. Electro-motive force.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Atmospheric pressure, Center of pressure, etc. See under
Atmospheric, Center, etc.
Back pressure (Steam engine), pressure which resists the
motion of the piston, as the pressure of exhaust steam
which does not find free outlet.
Fluid pressure, pressure like that exerted by a fluid. It
is a thrust which is normal and equally intense in all
directions around a point. --Rankine.
Pressure gauge, a gauge for indicating fluid pressure; a
manometer.
[1913 Webster]Atmospheric \At`mos*pher"ic\, Atmospherical \At`mos*pher"ic*al\,
a. [Cf. F. atmosph['e]rique.]
1. Of or pertaining to the atmosphere; of the nature of, or
resembling, the atmosphere; as, atmospheric air; the
atmospheric envelope of the earth.
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2. Existing or occurring in the atmosphere.
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The lower atmospheric current. --Darwin.
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3. Caused, or operated on, by the atmosphere; as, an
atmospheric effect; an atmospheric engine.
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4. Dependent on the atmosphere. [R.]
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In am so atmospherical a creature. --Pope.
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Atmospheric engine, a steam engine whose piston descends by
the pressure of the atmosphere, when the steam which
raised it is condensed within the cylinder. --Tomlinson.
Atmospheric line (Steam Engin.), the equilibrium line of an
indicator card. Steam is expanded "down to the atmosphere"
when its pressure is equal to that of the atmosphere. (See
Indicator card.)
Atmospheric pressure, the pressure exerted by the
atmosphere, not merely downwards, but in every direction.
In amounts to about 14.7 Ibs. on each square inch.
Atmospheric railway, one in which pneumatic power, obtained
from compressed air or the creation of a vacuum, is the
propelling force.
Atmospheric tides. See under Tide.
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Back pressure
(gcide) | Pressure \Pres"sure\ (?; 138), n. [OF., fr. L. pressura, fr.
premere. See 4th Press.]
1. The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed;
compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of
the hand.
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2. A contrasting force or impulse of any kind; as, the
pressure of poverty; the pressure of taxes; the pressure
of motives on the mind; the pressure of civilization.
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Where the pressure of danger was not felt.
--Macaulay.
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3. Affliction; distress; grievance.
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My people's pressures are grievous. --Eikon
Basilike.
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In the midst of his great troubles and pressures.
--Atterbury.
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4. Urgency; as, the pressure of business.
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5. Impression; stamp; character impressed.
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All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past.
--Shak.
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6. (Mech.) The action of a force against some obstacle or
opposing force; a force in the nature of a thrust,
distributed over a surface, often estimated with reference
to the amount upon a unit's area.
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7. Electro-motive force.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Atmospheric pressure, Center of pressure, etc. See under
Atmospheric, Center, etc.
Back pressure (Steam engine), pressure which resists the
motion of the piston, as the pressure of exhaust steam
which does not find free outlet.
Fluid pressure, pressure like that exerted by a fluid. It
is a thrust which is normal and equally intense in all
directions around a point. --Rankine.
Pressure gauge, a gauge for indicating fluid pressure; a
manometer.
[1913 Webster]Back \Back\, a.
1. Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the
back door; back settlements.
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2. Being in arrear; overdue; as, back rent.
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3. Moving or operating backward; as, back action.
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Back blocks, Australian pastoral country which is remote
from the seacoast or from a river. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Back charges, charges brought forward after an account has
been made up.
Back filling (Arch.), the mass of materials used in filling
up the space between two walls, or between the inner and
outer faces of a wall, or upon the haunches of an arch or
vault.
Back pressure. (Steam Engine) See under Pressure.
Back rest, a guide attached to the slide rest of a lathe,
and placed in contact with the work, to steady it in
turning.
Back slang, a kind of slang in which every word is written
or pronounced backwards; as, nam for man.
Back stairs, stairs in the back part of a house; private
stairs. Also used adjectively. See Back stairs,
Backstairs, and Backstair, in the Vocabulary.
Back step (Mil.), the retrograde movement of a man or body
of men, without changing front.
Back stream, a current running against the main current of
a stream; an eddy.
To take the back track, to retrace one's steps; to retreat.
[Colloq.]
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Center of pressure
(gcide) | Pressure \Pres"sure\ (?; 138), n. [OF., fr. L. pressura, fr.
premere. See 4th Press.]
1. The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed;
compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of
the hand.
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2. A contrasting force or impulse of any kind; as, the
pressure of poverty; the pressure of taxes; the pressure
of motives on the mind; the pressure of civilization.
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Where the pressure of danger was not felt.
--Macaulay.
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3. Affliction; distress; grievance.
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My people's pressures are grievous. --Eikon
Basilike.
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In the midst of his great troubles and pressures.
--Atterbury.
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4. Urgency; as, the pressure of business.
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5. Impression; stamp; character impressed.
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All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past.
--Shak.
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6. (Mech.) The action of a force against some obstacle or
opposing force; a force in the nature of a thrust,
distributed over a surface, often estimated with reference
to the amount upon a unit's area.
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7. Electro-motive force.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Atmospheric pressure, Center of pressure, etc. See under
Atmospheric, Center, etc.
Back pressure (Steam engine), pressure which resists the
motion of the piston, as the pressure of exhaust steam
which does not find free outlet.
Fluid pressure, pressure like that exerted by a fluid. It
is a thrust which is normal and equally intense in all
directions around a point. --Rankine.
Pressure gauge, a gauge for indicating fluid pressure; a
manometer.
[1913 Webster]center \cen"ter\ (s[e^]n"t[~e]r), n. [F. centre, fr. L. centrum,
fr. Gr. ke`ntron any sharp point, the point round which a
circle is described, fr. kentei^n to prick, goad.]
1. A point equally distant from the extremities of a line,
figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of
a circle; the middle point or place.
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2. The middle or central portion of anything.
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3. A principal or important point of concentration; the
nucleus around which things are gathered or to which they
tend; an object of attention, action, or force; as, a
center of attaction.
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4. The earth. [Obs.] --Shak.
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5. Those members of a legislative assembly (as in France) who
support the existing government. They sit in the middle of
the legislative chamber, opposite the presiding officer,
between the conservatives or monarchists, who sit on the
right of the speaker, and the radicals or advanced
republicans who occupy the seats on his left, See Right,
and Left.
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6. (Arch.) A temporary structure upon which the materials of
a vault or arch are supported in position until the work
becomes self-supporting.
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7. (Mech.)
(a) One of the two conical steel pins, in a lathe, etc.,
upon which the work is held, and about which it
revolves.
(b) A conical recess, or indentation, in the end of a
shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center,
on which the work can turn, as in a lathe.
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Note: In a lathe the
live center is in the spindle of the head stock; the
dead center is on the tail stock.
Planer centers are stocks carrying centers, when the object
to be planed must be turned on its axis.
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Center of an army, the body or troops occupying the place
in the line between the wings.
Center of a curve or Center of a surface (Geom.)
(a) A point such that every line drawn through the point
and terminated by the curve or surface is bisected at
the point.
(b) The fixed point of reference in polar coordinates. See
Coordinates.
Center of curvature of a curve (Geom.), the center of that
circle which has at any given point of the curve closer
contact with the curve than has any other circle whatever.
See Circle.
Center of a fleet, the division or column between the van
and rear, or between the weather division and the lee.
Center of gravity (Mech.), that point of a body about which
all its parts can be balanced, or which being supported,
the whole body will remain at rest, though acted upon by
gravity.
Center of gyration (Mech.), that point in a rotating body
at which the whole mass might be concentrated
(theoretically) without altering the resistance of the
intertia of the body to angular acceleration or
retardation.
Center of inertia (Mech.), the center of gravity of a body
or system of bodies.
Center of motion, the point which remains at rest, while
all the other parts of a body move round it.
Center of oscillation, the point at which, if the whole
matter of a suspended body were collected, the time of
oscillation would be the same as it is in the actual form
and state of the body.
Center of percussion, that point in a body moving about a
fixed axis at which it may strike an obstacle without
communicating a shock to the axis.
Center of pressure (Hydros.), that point in a surface
pressed by a fluid, at which, if a force equal to the
whole pressure and in the same line be applied in a
contrary direction, it will balance or counteract the
whole pressure of the fluid.
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