Definition of Pression

1. n. The act of pressing; pressure.

Definition of Pression

1. Noun. (rare) Pressure or an act of applying pressure.''Oxford English Dictionary'', 2nd ed., 1989 ¹

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Definition of Pression

1. pressure [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pression

pressers
presses
presseth
pressfat
pressfats
pressful
pressfuls
pressgang
pressgangs
pressie
pressies
pressing
pressingly
pressings
pressiometer
pression (current term)
pressions
pressirostral
pressitant
pressive
presskit
presskits
pressly
pressman
pressmark
pressmarks
pressmaster
pressmasters
pressmen
pressor

Literary usage of Pression

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Each point of the line corresponds to a determinate im- VOL. VIII.—3T3 pression of color; the line is not a straight line, as regard* luminous ..."

2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1823)
"James II. is universally spoken take a different side," is carefully re- pression of their party and their reli- mies changed generals, victory would of by ..."

3. Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator by Edward Whymper (1892)
"G. Masson, the publisher of La pression Barométrique, for permitting the details of these two experiments to be reprinted here at full length. ..."

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