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alternating-pressure: a process of applying alternations of high pressure with atmospheric pressure originally designed to impregnate refractory timber; generally applied at moisture contents above fiber-saturation point
Category: The chemical industry

back-pressure: the pressure due to downstream restrictions or from change of the ratio of the input and output impedance in a device
Category: Physics

counterpressure: pressure applied to a part or the whole of the body surface to oppose an internally applied pressure,as exemplified in the anti-g suit and pressure suits
Category: Physics

normal-pressure: piezometric surface which coincides with the phreatic surface
Category: Building industry

normal-pressure: extinguishing method in which the fog-stream is discharged under normal pressure(5 to 1 degree atmospheres)
Category: Technical and industry in general

overpressure: Sudden rise in the atmospheric pressure associated with the blast wave that follows a nuclear or other big explosion
Category: Management in the public and private sector

overpressure: the pressure resulting from the blast wave of an explosion.It is referred to as 'positive' when it exceeds atmospheric pressure and 'negative' during the passage of the wave when resulting pressures are less than atmospheric pressure
Category: The chemical industry

positive-pressure: piezometric surface which is above the phreatic surface
Category: Building industry

pressure: type of stress,characterised by its uniformity in all directions
Category: Chemistry

shut-pressure: the pressure instantaneously registered at the moment of closure of a bore
Category: Electrical engineering and energy

superpressure: the amount by which the gas pressure at a specified point in an envelope or gas bag exceeds the pressure in the surrounding air at the same height
Category: Physics

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