Meanings (ES + gloss)
presión
A pressing; a force applied to a surface.
Apply pressure to the wound to stop the bleeding.
presión
A contrasting force or impulse of any kind.
When the pressure of danger was not felt.
the pressure of poverty; the pressure of taxes; the pressure of motives on the mind; the pressure of civilization.
presión
The amount of force that is applied over a given area divided by the size of this area; force per unit area.
Phrases
I have high blood pressureI have low blood pressurePlanck pressureabsolute pressureacupressureair pressureambient pressureanthropopressureatmospheric pressurebackpressurebarometric pressureblood pressurebrake mean effective pressurebursting pressurecounterpressuredepressurediastolic blood pressuredynamic pressureelectric pressureequilibrium vapor pressuregage pressuregauge pressuregeopressurehigh blood pressurehigh-pressurehigh-pressure liquid chromatographyhunting pressurehydropressurehydrostatic pressurehydrostatic pressure relief systemintracranial pressureintraocular pressurejugular venous pressurelow-pressuremean sea level pressuremutation pressurenegative pressureno pressurenonpressureosmotic pressure
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