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• wall pressure — Pressure that a cell wall exerts against the turgor of the cell contents. Wall pressure is equal and opposite to the turgor potential …   Glossary of Biotechnology

• wall pressure — noun : the pressure exerted on the contents of a plant cell by the cell wall that is equal in force and opposite in direction to the turgor pressure …   Useful english dictionary

• Wall stress relaxation — refers to the reduction in tensile stress (force per unit area) in cell walls of plants, fungi and bacteria, as a result of movement or rearrangement of the polymeric network that gives the wall its tensile strength. Wall stress usually comes… …   Wikipedia

• Pressure vessel — Vertical pressure vessels installed in a structure A pressure vessel is a closed container designed to hold gases or liquids at a pressure substantially different from the ambient pressure. The pressure differential is dangerous and many fatal… …   Wikipedia

• Pressure measurement — The construction of a bourdon tube gauge, construction elements are made of brass Many techniques have been developed for the measurement of pressure and vacuum. Instruments used to measure pressure are called pressure gauges or vacuum gauges. A… …   Wikipedia

• Pressure — This article is about pressure in the physical sciences. For other uses, see Pressure (disambiguation). Pressure as exerted by particle collisions inside a closed container …   Wikipedia

• Pressure Fest — Das Pressure Festival ist ein deutsches Hardcore und Metalcore Festival. Es gilt als eines der wichtigsten europäischen Festivals der Hardcore Szene. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Allgemein 2 Geschichte 3 Weblinks 4 Einzelnachweise …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• wall plate — noun plate (a timber along the top of a wall) to support the ends of joists, etc., and distribute the load • Hypernyms: ↑plate * * * noun Etymology: Middle English walplate 1. : plate 5a(1) see roof ill …   Useful english 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 — pressureless, adj. /presh euhr/, n., v., pressured, pressuring. n. 1. the exertion of force upon a surface by an object, fluid, etc., in contact with it: the pressure of earth against a wall. 2. Physics. force per unit area. Symbol: P Cf. stress… …   Universalium

• wall — n. & v. n. 1 a a continuous and usu. vertical structure of usu. brick or stone, having little width in proportion to its length and height and esp. enclosing, protecting, or dividing a space or supporting a roof. b the surface of a wall, esp.… …   Useful english dictionary