- (n.) Electro-motive force.
- (n.) The act of pressing or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand.
- (n.) Affliction; distress; grievance.
- (n.) 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 upon a unit's area.
- (n.) Impression; stamp; character impressed.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) Urgency; as, the pressure of business.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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