Definition of pressure
- n. - The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed;
compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand.
- 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. - Affliction; distress; grievance.
- n. - Urgency; as, the pressure of business.
- n. - Impression; stamp; character impressed.
- 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.