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• wedge of high pressure — A pressure system dividing two low pressure areas. It may also be indicated by isobars extending from a high. It is always rounded and never V shaped, as sometimes occurs in a trough of low pressure. Also known as a tongue of high pressure or a… …   Aviation dictionary

• ridge of high pressure — A ridge is an area of high pressure that does not have a closed circulation; it either extends from a high pressure area or is sandwiched between a couple of lows. More often than not, a ridge of high pressure divides two low pressure areas. It… …   Aviation dictionary

• tongue of high pressure — A pressure system dividing two low pressure areas. It also may be indicated by isobars extending from a high and is always rounded, never V shaped as sometimes occurs in a trough of low pressure. Also known as a wedge of high pressure or a ridge… …   Aviation dictionary

• wedge´like´ — wedge «wehj», noun, verb, wedged, wedg|ing. –n. 1. a piece of wood or metal, thick at one end and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used especially in splitting and separating. It is one of the simple machines. 2. a) something shaped like a… …   Useful english dictionary

• wedge — wedgelike, adj. /wej/, n., v., wedged, wedging. n. 1. a piece of hard material with two principal faces meeting in a sharply acute angle, for raising, holding, or splitting objects by applying a pounding or driving force, as from a hammer. Cf.… …   Universalium

• wedge — /wɛdʒ / (say wej) noun 1. a device (one of the so called simple machines) consisting of a piece of hard material with two principal faces meeting in a sharply acute angle. 2. a piece of anything of this shape: a wedge of pie; a cheese wedge. 3.… …  

• High-heeled footwear — (often abbreviated as high heels) is footwear which raise the heel of the wearer s foot significantly higher than the toes. When both the heel and the toes are raised equal amounts, as in a platform shoe, it is not considered to be a high heel .… …   Wikipedia

• 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

• Blood pressure — For information about high blood pressure, see Hypertension. Blood pressure Diagnostics A sphygmomanometer, a device used for measuring arterial pressure. MeSH …   Wikipedia

• Jugular venous pressure — A man with congestive heart failure and marked jugular venous distension. External jugular vein marked by an arrow. The jugular venous pressure (JVP, sometimes referred to as jugular venous pulse) is the indirectly observed pressure over the… …   Wikipedia

• Sand wedge — A sand wedge is a golf club used to stroke a golf ball from a bunker, also known as a sand trap. It is generally similar to other wedges, which are in turn a type of iron, but the club has some specializations to aid it in its intended… …   Wikipedia