foot pressure

  • 1foot brake — noun hydraulic brake operated by pressing on a foot pedal • Hypernyms: ↑hydraulic brake, ↑hydraulic brakes * * * noun : a brake operated by foot pressure * * * a brake that is operated by pressure on a foot pedal, as in an automobile. * * * foot… …

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  • 2Foot — For other uses, see Foot (disambiguation). Foot …

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  • 3foot bolt — noun : a bolt operated by foot pressure and attached to the bottom of a door to hold it in either open or closed position …

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  • 4Foot drop — Classification and external resources ICD 10 M21.3 …

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  • 5Foot-in-the-door technique — (FITD) is a compliance tactic that involves getting a person to agree to a large request by first setting them up by having that person agree to a modest request. [Freedman, J.L. Fraser, S.C. (1966). Compliance without pressure: The foot in the… …

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  • 6foot brake — n. a brake, as on a bicycle, worked by pressure of the foot …

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  • 7Foot screw — Screw Screw (skr[udd]), n. [OE. scrue, OF. escroue, escroe, female screw, F. [ e]crou, L. scrobis a ditch, trench, in LL., the hole made by swine in rooting; cf. D. schroef a screw, G. schraube, Icel. skr[=u]fa.] 1. A cylinder, or a cylindrical… …

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  • 8foot — [[t]f ʊt[/t]] ♦ feet 1) N COUNT Your feet are the parts of your body that are at the ends of your legs, and that you stand on. She stamped her foot again. ...a foot injury. ...his aching arms and sore feet. Derived words: footed COMB in ADJ She… …

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  • 9Pressure — 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 …

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  • 10Pressure 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… …

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