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 |
| negative chemotaxis | movement away from a chemical stimulus |
control circuit
negative feedback circuit | a feedback circuit that subtracts from the input |
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 |
| negative | a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed |
negative magnetic pole
negative pole
south-seeking pole | the pole of a magnet that points toward the south when the magnet is suspended freely |
| negative pole | the terminal of a battery that is connected to the negative plate |
| 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 |
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 |
| 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 |
Rh-negative blood type
Rh-negative blood
Rh negative | the blood group whose red cells lack the Rh factor (Rh antigen) |
| 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 |
turnoff
negative stimulation | something causing antagonism or loss of interest |
negative reinforcing stimulus
negative reinforcer | a reinforcing stimulus whose removal serves to decrease the likelihood of the response that produced it |
| negative stimulus | a stimulus with undesirable consequences |
negative correlation
indirect correlation | a correlation in which large values of one variable are associated with small values of the other, the correlation coefficient is between
and - |
| negative identification | evidence proving that you are not who you say you are not, evidence establishing that you are not among a group of people already known to the system, recognition by the system leads to rejection, a system for negative identification can prevent the use of multiple identities by a single person |
| negative | a reply of denial, he answered in the negative |
| double negative | a grammatically substandard but emphatic negative, I don't never go |
| double negative | an affirmative constructed from two negatives, A not unwelcome outcome |
lobby
pressure group
third house | a group of people who try actively to influence legislation |
| 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 |
muon
negative muon
mu-meson | an elementary particle with a negative charge and a half-life of microsecond, decays to electron and neutrino and antineutrino |
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 |
| negative charge | having a surplus of electrons, having a lower electric potential |
| 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) |
| negative feedback | feedback in opposite phase with (decreasing) the input |
| pressure unit | a unit measuring force per unit area |