Mesh term Pressure
Browse to parent terms:Mechanical Phenomena
Description
A type of stress exerted uniformly in all directions. Its measure is the force exerted per unit area. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)Browse to child terms:
Decompression
Hydrostatic Pressure
Osmotic Pressure
Partial Pressure
Vacuum
Vapor Pressure
Search for this term in our Faculty Database
View this term at the NCBI website
