Definition of force per unit area Force per unit area
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| force per unit area - 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" | ||
| pressure, pressure level | ||
| physical phenomenon a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy | ||
| blood pressure the pressure of the circulating blood against the walls of the blood vessels; results from the systole of the left ventricle of the heart; sometimes measured for a quick evaluation of a person's health; "adult blood pressure is considered normal at 120/80 where the first number is the systolic pressure and the second is the diastolic pressure" | ||
| gas pressure the pressure exerted by a gas | ||
| head a single domestic animal; "200 head of cattle" | ||
| hydrostatic head the pressure at a given point in a liquid measured in terms of the vertical height of a column of the liquid needed to produce the same pressure | ||
| intraocular pressure, iop pressure exerted by the fluids inside the eyeball; regulated by resistance to the outward flow of aqueous humor; "glaucoma can result from increased intraocular pressure" | ||
| oil pressure pressure that keeps oil on the moving parts of an internal-combustion engine | ||
| osmotic pressure (physical chemistry) the pressure exerted by a solution necessary to prevent osmosis into that solution when it is separated from the pure solvent by a semipermeable membrane | ||
| corpuscular-radiation pressure, radiation pressure the minute pressure exerted on a surface normal to the direction of propagation of a wave | ||
| instantaneous sound pressure, sound pressure the difference between the instantaneous pressure at a point in a sound field and the average pressure at that point | ||
| suction a force over an area produced by a pressure difference | ||
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