About The Word High-pressure
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High-pressure
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What's The Definition Of High-pressure?
[n] an air mass of higher than normal pressure; "the east coast benefits from a Bermuda high"
[adj] aggressively and persistently persuasive; "a hard-hitting advertising campaign"; "a high-pressure salesman" Synonyms | Synonyms for High-pressure: aggressive | hard-hitting | high Related Terms | Find terms related to High-pressure: See Also | air mass | anticyclone High-pressure In Webster's Dictionary \High"-pres`sure\ (?; 135), a.
1. Having or involving a pressure greatly exceeding that of
the atmosphere; -- said of steam, air, water, etc., and of
steam, air, or hydraulic engines, water wheels, etc.
2. Fig.: Urgent; intense; as, a high-pressure business or
social life.
{High-pressure engine}, an engine in which steam at high
pressure is used. It may be either a condensing or a
noncondensing engine. Formerly the term was used only of
the latter. See {Steam engine}.
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