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Definition of Pressure |
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Pressure
Electro-motive force. The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand. 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. Affliction; distress; grievance. Urgency; as, the pressure of business. Impression; stamp; character impressed. 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. Related Definitions: Act, Action, Affliction, Against, Any, Area, As, Being, Business, Character, Civilization, Compression, Condition, Contrasting, Crushing, Distress, Distributed, Electro-Motive, Estimated, Force, Grievance, Hand, Impressed, Impression, Impulse, In, Kind, Mind, Nature, Obstacle, Of, Often, On, Opposing, Or, Over, Poverty, Pressed, Pressing, Pressure, Reference, Some, Squeezing, Stamp, Surface, The, Thrust, To, Unit, Upon, Urgency, With |
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Pressure Quotations
Everyting negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise. Kobe Bryant There is a lot of pressure put on me, but I don't put a lot of pressure on myself. I feel if I play my game, it will take care of itself. LeBron James Pressure is something you feel when you don't know what the hell you're doing. Peyton Manning He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden. Plato No pressure, no diamonds. Thomas Carlyle |
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Pressure Translations
pressure in Danish is tryk pressure in French is instance, pression, instances pressure in German is Druck, Dringlichkeit pressure in Italian is pressione pressure in Swedish is press, tryck |
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