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31Lateral earth pressure — is the pressure that soil exerts in the horizontal plane. The common applications of lateral earth pressure theory are for the design of ground engineering structures such as retaining walls, basements, tunnels, and to determine the friction on… …
32Turgor pressure — or turgidity is the main pressure of the cell contents against the cell wall in plant cells and bacteria cells, determined by the water content of the vacuole, resulting from osmotic pressure, i.e. the hydrostatic pressure produced by a solution… …
33Evolutionary pressure — Any cause that reduces reproductive success in a proportion of a population potentially exerts Evolutionary pressure or selection pressure.Fact|date=August 2007 With sufficient pressure, inherited traits that mitigate its effects even if they… …
34vapour pressure — /ˈveɪpə prɛʃə/ (say vaypuh preshuh) noun 1. the pressure exerted by the molecules of a liquid which escape from the surface of that liquid as a vapour. 2. the maximum pressure that this vapour can exert, at a given temperature, in a system… …
35partial pressure — Physics, Chem. the pressure that a gas in a mixture of gases would exert if it occupied the same volume as the mixture at the same temperature. Cf. Dalton s law. [1855 60] * * * …
36partial pressure — par′tial pres′sure n. chem. phs chem. the pressure that a gas in a mixture of gases would exert if it occupied the same volume as the mixture at the same temperature • Etymology: 1855–60 …
37partial pressure — /paʃəl ˈprɛʃə/ (say pahshuhl preshuh) noun the pressure that one of the gases in a mixture of gases would exert if it was present alone and occupied the same volume as the whole mixture, at the same temperature …
38partial pressure — Physics, Chem. the pressure that a gas in a mixture of gases would exert if it occupied the same volume as the mixture at the same temperature. Cf. Dalton s law. [1855 60] …
39turn on the heat — Exert pressure …
40dun (to) — Exert pressure for payment of past due accounts …
