The act of pressing, or the condition of being
pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure
of the hand.
A contrasting force or impulse of any kind;
as, the pressure of poverty; the pressure of taxes; the
pressure of motives on the mind; the pressure of
civilization.
Affliction; distress; grievance.
Urgency; as, the pressure of
business.
Impression; stamp; character
impressed.
The action of a force
against some obstacle or opposing force; a force in the nature of a
thrust, distributed over a surface, often estimated with reference to
the amount upon a unit's area.
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