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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.) spiediens2) ((a) strain or stress: The pressures of her work are sometimes too much for her.) slodze; spriedze3) (strong persuasion; compulsion or force: He agreed under pressure.) spiediens; uzstājība•- pressurise
- pressure cooker* * *spiediens; grūtības; presēšana; spriegums; hermetizēt; uzturēt paaugstinātu spiedienu -
2 pressure cooker
(a type of saucepan in which food is cooked quickly by steam kept under great pressure.) ātrvārītājs; spiediena katls* * *ātrvārītājs -
3 pressure cabin
hermētiski noslēgta kabīne -
4 pressure gauge
manometrs; manometrs -
5 pressure group
sabiedriskās domas ietekmēšanas grupa -
6 pressure suit
skafandrs -
7 blood pressure
(the (amount of) pressure of the blood on the walls of the blood-vessels: The excitement will raise his blood pressure.) asinsspiediens* * *asinsspiediens -
8 atmospheric pressure
gaisa spiediens -
9 gauge-pressure
manometriskais spiediens -
10 high-pressure
izdarīt spiedienu; augstspiediena; uzplijīgs, uzstājīgs -
11 high-pressure air compressor
augstspiediena kompresoriekārta -
12 high-pressure salesman
uzplijīgs pārdevējs -
13 intrinsic pressure
iekšējais spiediens -
14 over-pressure
pārāk augsts spiediens; pārāk liela piepūle -
15 to bring pressure to bear
piespiest; izdarīt spiedienu -
16 to yield to pressure
padoties spiedienam; neizturēt spiedienu -
17 compressed air
(air which is at a pressure higher than atmospheric pressure: Deep sea divers breathe compressed air.) saspiests gaiss* * *saspiests gaiss -
18 imprint
1. ['imprint] noun(a mark made by pressure: She saw the imprint of a foot in the sand.) nospiedums; (pārdzīvojuma u.tml.) pēdas2. [im'print] verb(to make (a mark) on something by pressure; to fix permanently (in the mind or memory).) atstāt pēdas; iespiesties (atmiņā)* * *nospiedums, zīmogs; pēdas; izdevniecības ziņas; uzspiest, iespiest; atstāt pēdas, iespiesties -
19 ridge
[ri‹]1) (a long narrow piece of ground etc raised above the level of the ground etc on either side of it.) (kalna) mugura; kore2) (a long narrow row of hills.) kalnu grēda3) (anything like a ridge in shape: A ridge of high pressure is a long narrow area of high pressure as shown on a weather map.) josla; grēda; kore; šķautne4) (the top edge of something where two sloping surfaces meet, eg on a roof.) kore; šķautne* * *kore, mugura; grēda; kore; ūdensšķirtne; zemūdens klints; vaga; vagot; izvagot -
20 safety valve
(a valve eg on a pressure cooker that opens if the pressure of the steam in it becomes too great.) drošības vārsts* * *drošības ventilis
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