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1 pressure
['preʃə]1) ((the amount of force exerted by) the action of pressing: to apply pressure to a cut to stop bleeding; A barometer measures atmospheric pressure.) pritisk2) ((a) strain or stress: The pressures of her work are sometimes too much for her.) pritisk3) (strong persuasion; compulsion or force: He agreed under pressure.) pritisk•- pressurise
- pressure cooker* * *[préšə]nounstiskanje, pritiskanje, pritiskphysics technical meteorology pritisk, tlak; figuratively nujnost, nadloga, sila, breme; medicine blood pressure — krvni pritiskfiguratively to work at high pressure — delati s polno paro -
2 trough
[trof]1) (a long, low, open container for animals' food or water: a drinking-trough for the cattle.) korito2) (a low part between two waves (in the sea etc): The boat went down into a trough.) valovna dolina3) (an area of low pressure in the atmosphere, usually causing rain.) področje nizkega zračnega pritiska* * *[trɔf]nounkorito; nečke; majhna kad, banjica; jarek, brazda; valovna dolina -
3 depression
[-ʃən]1) (a state of sadness and low spirits: She was treated by the doctor for depression.) depresija2) (lack of activity in trade: the depression of the 1930s.) kriza3) (an area of low pressure in the atmosphere: The bad weather is caused by a depression.) padec (zračnega pritiska)4) (a hollow.) votlina, jama* * *[dipréšən]nounpovešanje; padec, upadanje, mrtvilo, zastoj; izčrpanost; potrtost, otožnost; ponižanje; depresija; usad, vdrtina; gospodarsko pešanje -
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