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ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does atmospheric pressure mean?

• ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE (noun)
The noun ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE has 1 sense:

1. the pressure exerted by the atmosphere

Familiarity information: ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The pressure exerted by the atmosphere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

air pressure; atmospheric pressure

Hypernyms ("atmospheric pressure" is a kind of...):

gas pressure (the pressure exerted by a gas)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "atmospheric 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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