press pressure pressing | 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 |
balance beam beam | a gymnastic apparatus used by women gymnasts |
beam | long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction |
beam | the broad side of a ship, they sighted land on the port beam |
beam balance | a balance consisting of a lever with two equal arms and a pan suspended from each arm |
box beam box girder | a beam built up from boards, has a hollow rectangular cross section |
I-beam | girder having a cross section resembling the letter `I' |
lubricating system force-feed lubricating system force feed pressure-feed lubricating system pressure feed | mechanical system of lubricating internal combustion engines in which a pump forces oil into the engine bearings |
pressure cabin | cabin consisting of the pressurized section of an aircraft or spacecraft |
pressure cooker | autoclave for cooking at temperatures above the boiling point of water |
pressure dome | a dome-shaped building that is pressurized |
pressure gauge pressure gage | gauge for measuring and indicating fluid pressure |
pressure suit | protective garment consisting of an inflatable suit for space or high altitude flying |
steelyard lever scale beam scale | a portable balance consisting of a pivoted bar with arms of unequal length |
tie tie beam | a horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating, he nailed the rafters together with a tie beam |
acoustic power sound pressure level | the physical intensity of sound |
acoustic radiation pressure | (acoustics) the pressure exerted on a surface normal to the direction of propagation of a sound wave |
beam | (nautical) breadth amidships |
pressure | a force that compels, the public brought pressure to bear on the government |
pressure point | an area on the skin that is highly sensitive to pressure, you must know the pressure points in order to administer shiatsu |
pressure point | where problems or difficulties are likely to occur, a key pressure point in the controversy was the building permit |
pressure pressure sensation | the somatic sensation that results from applying force to an area of skin, the sensitivity of his skin to pressure and temperature was normal |
radio beam beam | a signal transmitted along a narrow path, guides airplane pilots in darkness or bad weather |
lobby pressure group third house | a group of people who try actively to influence legislation |
beam-ends | (nautical) at the ends of the transverse deck beams of a vessel, on her beam-ends means heeled over on the side so that the deck is almost vertical |
pressure point | any of several points on the body where the pulse can be felt and where pressure on an underlying artery will control bleeding from that artery at a more distal point |
beam beam of light light beam ray ray of light shaft shaft of light irradiation | a column of light (as from a beacon) |
beam ray electron beam | a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation |
atmospheric pressure air pressure pressure | the pressure exerted by the atmosphere |
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 where the first number is the systolic pressure and the second is the diastolic pressure |
systolic pressure | the blood pressure (as measured by a sphygmomanometer) during the contraction of the left ventricle of the heart |
diastolic pressure | the blood pressure (as measured by a sphygmomanometer) after the contraction of the heart while the chambers of the heart refill with blood |
arterial pressure | the pressure of the circulating blood on the arteries, arterial pressure is the product of cardiac output and vascular resistance |
venous pressure | the pressure exerted on the walls of the veins by the circulating blood |
high beam | the beam of a car's headlights that provides distant illumination |
laser beam | a beam of light generated by a laser |
low beam | the beam of a car's headlights that provides illumination for a short distance |
particle beam | a collimated flow of particles (atoms or electrons or molecules) |
ion beam ionic beam | a beam of ions moving in the same direction at the same speed |
gas pressure | the pressure exerted by a gas |
pressure pressure level 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 |
barometric pressure | atmospheric pressure as indicated by a barometer |
compartment pressure | the air pressure maintained in an air-tight compartment (as in an aircraft) |
sea-level pressure | the atmospheric pressure reduced by a formula to the pressure at sea level |
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 internalombustion 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 |
radiation pressure corpuscularadiation pressure | the minute pressure exerted on a surface normal to the direction of propagation of a wave |
sound pressure instantaneous sound pressure | the difference between the instantaneous pressure at a point in a sound field and the average pressure at that point |
vapor pressure vapour pressure | the pressure exerted by a vapor, often understood to mean saturated vapor pressure (the vapor pressure of a vapor in contact with its liquid form) |