AIR PRESSURE
Dictionary entry overview: What does air pressure mean? • AIR PRESSURE (noun)
The noun AIR PRESSURE has 1 sense:
1. the pressure exerted by the atmosphere
Familiarity information: AIR PRESSURE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• AIR PRESSURE (noun)
Meaning:
The pressure exerted by the atmosphere
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
air pressure; atmospheric pressure
Hypernyms ("air pressure" is a kind of...):
gas pressure (the pressure exerted by a gas)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "air 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))
overpressure (a transient air pressure greater than the surrounding atmospheric pressure)
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