Definizione monolingua

pressure

pressure (third-person singular simple present pressures, present participle pressuring, simple past and past participle pressured)

1. (transitive) To encourage or heavily exert force or influence.

   Do not let anyone pressure you into buying something you do not want.

pressure (countable and uncountable; plural: pressures)

1. (physics) The amount of force that is applied over a given area divided by the size of this area.

   Units

   • SI: pascal (Pa) (1 pascal equals 1 newton per square metre)
   • Others: bar (1 bar equals 100000 pascals), barye (Ba) (1 barye equals 0.1 pascal), pounds per square inch (psi, lbf/in², lb/in²), torr, mmHg, atmosphere (atm)

2. A pressing; a force applied to a surface.

   Apply pressure to the wound to stop the bleeding.

3. Mental strain caused by ones own or others expectations on ones own performance

   She has been under pressure lately because her boss expects her to get the job done two weeks early.

   Synonyms - under the pump, under the gun

Definizione dizionario pressure

	pressione
	mental strain
	physics: amount of force divided by area
	A type of stress which is exerted uniformly in all directions; its measure is the force exerted per unit area.

	forzare
	Esercitare violenza o pressione su una persona al fine di ottenere qualcosa.
	To exert violence, or constraint upon or against a person in order to obtain something by physical, moral or intellectual means.

	obbligare
	Esercitare violenza o pressione su una persona al fine di ottenere qualcosa.
	To exert violence, or constraint upon or against a person in order to obtain something by physical, moral or intellectual means.

compressione

costrizione

pressione del sangue

Altri significati:

a pressing; force applied to a surface

weight (e.g. paperweight)

Mental strain caused by one's own or others' expectations on one's own performance

A pressing; a force applied to a surface.

(physics) The amount of force that is applied over a given area divided by the size of this area.

(transitive) To encourage or heavily exert force or influence.