contour pressure
1Contour — may refer to: an outline or silhouette a contour line on a contour map, or the corresponding line on the ground or sea bed Contour (linguistics), a phonetic sound Pitch contour (music), a melody shape Contour (camera system), a 3D digital camera… …
2Contour line — This article is about lines of equal value in maps and diagrams. For more meanings of the word contour , see Contour (disambiguation). The bottom part of the diagram shows some contour lines with a straight line running through the location of… …
3pressure contour — /prɛʃə ˈkɒntɔ/ (say preshuh kontaw) noun a line drawn on a chart indicating the altitude at which a specified pressure occurs in the atmosphere …
4Sound pressure — Sound measurements Sound pressure p, SPL Particle velocity v, SVL Particle displacement ξ Sound intensity I, SIL Sound power Pac Sound power level SWL Sound energy Sound energy d …
5Equal-loudness contour — An equal loudness contour is a measure of sound pressure (dB SPL), over the frequency spectrum, for which a listener perceives a constant loudness when presented with pure steady tones. The unit of measurement for loudness levels is the phon, and …
6Intraocular pressure — (IOP) is the fluid pressure inside the eye. Physiology and measurementIntraocular pressure is mainly determined by the coupling of the production of aqueous humor from the eye s ciliary body and its drainage through the trabecular meshwork and… …
7Negative-pressure wound therapy — Application of a vacuum pump using a foam dressing to a wound Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) is a therapeutic technique using a vacuum dressing to promote healing in acute or chronic wounds and enhance healing of first and second degree… …
8Nicolaas Kruik — Contour map by Cruquius, 1730 Nicolaas (Klaas) Kruik (2 December 1678, Vlieland 5 February 1754, Spaarndam), also known as Nicolaes Krukius or most commonly by the Latinized Nicolaus Samuelis Cruquius, was a Dutch land surveyor, cartographer,… …
9Ocular tonometry — This article is about Ocular tonometry. For Gastric Tonometry, see Gastric tonometry. Ocular tonometry Intervention A patient in front of a tonometer ICD 9 CM …
10Tonometry — In music, a tonometer is an instrument used to determine the pitch or vibration rate of tones, such as a tuning fork. Tonometry is the measurement of tension or pressure [http://www.mercksource.org/pp/us/cns/cns hl… …
