pressure variation

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• variation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, dramatic, enormous, extreme, great, major, marked, significant, substantial, tremendous, wide …   Collocations dictionary

• pressure wave — n a wave (as a sound wave) in which the propagated disturbance is a variation of pressure in a material medium (as air) …   Medical dictionary

• pressure gradient — noun : the space rate of variation of pressure in a given direction; specifically : such rate of variation in a direction normal to an isobar * * * Meteorol. the change in atmospheric pressure per unit of horizontal distance in the direction in… …   Useful english dictionary

• Variation of some elastic constants (in 10^6 bars) with rock type and confining pressure — ▪ Table Variation of some elastic constants (in 106 bars) with rock type and confining pressure at pressure = 1 bar rock type bulk modulus Young s modulus shear modulus Poisson s ratio granite   0.1 0.3   0.2 0.05 gabbro   0.3 0.9   0.6   0.1… …   Universalium

• Pressure frying — In cooking, pressure frying is a variation on pressure cooking where meat and cooking oil are brought to high temperatures while pressure is held high enough to cook the food more quickly. This leaves the meat very hot and juicy. A receptacle… …   Wikipedia

• pressure altitude — An atmospheric pressure expressed in terms of altitude which corresponds to that pressure in the standard atmosphere (ICAO). It is the height of an aircraft as measured from an assumed sea level atmospheric pressure level of 1013.2 hectopascals… …   Aviation dictionary

• pressure — 1. A stress or force acting in any direction against resistance. 2. (P, frequently followed by a subscript indicating location)In physics and physiology, the force per unit area exerted by a gas or liquid against the walls of its container or… …   Medical dictionary

• pressure wave — noun Date: 1942 a wave (as a sound wave) in which the propagated disturbance is a variation of pressure in a material medium called also P wave …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• pressure wave — noun : a wave (as a sound wave) in which the propagated disturbance is a variation of pressure in a material medium called also P wave …   Useful english dictionary

• Atmospheric pressure — Air pressure redirects here. For the pressure of air in other systems, see pressure. Atmospheric pressure is the force per unit area exerted against a surface by the weight of air above that surface in the Earth s atmosphere. In most… …   Wikipedia

• Intraocular pressure — (IOP) is the fluid pressure inside the eye. Physiology and measurementIntraocular pressure is mainly determined by the coupling of the production of aqueous humor from the eye s ciliary body and its drainage through the trabecular meshwork and… …   Wikipedia