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The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002.

pressure


The force exerted on a given area. (See atmospheric pressure.)	1
‡ The most familiar measure of pressure is psi (pounds per square inch), used to rate pressure in automobile and bicycle tires.	2

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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