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Definition of Pressures

1. pressure [v] - See also: pressure

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Literary usage of Pressures

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1. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1911)
"The Method of Determining Venous Pressures and Capillary Pressures in Man.—A number of methods have been proposed for determining venous pressures in man, ..."

2. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1911)
"The Method of Determining Venous Pressures and Capillary Pressures in Man.—A number of methods have been proposed for determining venous pressures in man, ..."

3. The Economics of Apartheid by Stephen R. Lewis (1990)
"The term "pressures" encompasses a broad range of forces, many of which may ... Before discussing the impact of international economic pressures on South ..."

4. The Theory of Heat by Thomas Preston (1894)
"In the case of air no sensible deviation was found at low pressures, but carbonic acid yielded a product pv which diminished continuously as the pressure ..."

5. Environmental Performance Reviews by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. Committee on Environmental Policy (2006)
"1.3 Pressures on habitats Major sources of environmental pressure on biodiversity and ... Overall, pollution pressures have also been decreasing since 1990, ..."

6. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1914)
"4, the ordinates, as before, being the relative pressures P/P0 and the abscissae ... The expression most frequently used for calculating vapor pressures of ..."

7. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1911)
"The Method of Determining Venous Pressures and Capillary Pressures in Man.—A number of methods have been proposed for determining venous pressures in man, ..."

8. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1911)
"The Method of Determining Venous Pressures and Capillary Pressures in Man.—A number of methods have been proposed for determining venous pressures in man, ..."

9. The Economics of Apartheid by Stephen R. Lewis (1990)
"The term "pressures" encompasses a broad range of forces, many of which may ... Before discussing the impact of international economic pressures on South ..."

10. The Theory of Heat by Thomas Preston (1894)
"In the case of air no sensible deviation was found at low pressures, but carbonic acid yielded a product pv which diminished continuously as the pressure ..."

11. Environmental Performance Reviews by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. Committee on Environmental Policy (2006)
"1.3 Pressures on habitats Major sources of environmental pressure on biodiversity and ... Overall, pollution pressures have also been decreasing since 1990, ..."

12. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1914)
"4, the ordinates, as before, being the relative pressures P/P0 and the abscissae ... The expression most frequently used for calculating vapor pressures of ..."

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