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  • 71pressure limiter — Device which remains closed until a certain pressure is reached, then opens and releases fluid to another part of system or breaks an electric circuit …

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  • 72pressure regulator valve — A valve which releases hydraulic fluid if pressure exceeds a preset value …

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  • 73fluid — noun a substance that has no fixed shape and yields easily to external pressure; a gas or (especially) a liquid. adjective 1》 able to flow easily. 2》 not settled or stable. 3》 smoothly elegant or graceful. 4》 (of a clutch or coupling) using a… …

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  • 74pressure — noun 1》 continuous physical force exerted on or against an object by something in contact with it.     ↘the force per unit area exerted by a fluid against a surface. 2》 the use of persuasion, intimidation, etc. to make someone do something.… …

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  • 75pressure element — noun : a fluid connection (as between an accumulator and a machine) …

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  • 76absolute pressure — noun : total pressure at a point in a fluid equaling the sum of the gage and the atmospheric pressures * * * absolute pressure, fluid pressure measured above a vacuum (or above zero pressure) in units of force per unit of area …

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  • 77Atmospheric pressure — Pressure Pres sure (?; 138), n. [OF., fr. L. pressura, fr. premere. See 4th {Press}.] 1. The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand. [1913 Webster] 2. A contrasting… …

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  • 78Back pressure — Pressure Pres sure (?; 138), n. [OF., fr. L. pressura, fr. premere. See 4th {Press}.] 1. The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand. [1913 Webster] 2. A contrasting… …

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  • 79Center of pressure — Pressure Pres sure (?; 138), n. [OF., fr. L. pressura, fr. premere. See 4th {Press}.] 1. The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand. [1913 Webster] 2. A contrasting… …

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  • 80intrathecal pressure — pressure within a sheath, particularly the pressure of the cerebrospinal fluid within the subarachnoid membrane …

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