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Definition of Pressure
Pressure

Electro-motive force.

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 upon a unit's area.

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Pressure Quotations

Everyting negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.
Kobe Bryant

There is a lot of pressure put on me, but I don't put a lot of pressure on myself. I feel if I play my game, it will take care of itself.
LeBron James

Pressure is something you feel when you don't know what the hell you're doing.
Peyton Manning

No pressure, no diamonds.
Thomas Carlyle

Courage is grace under pressure.
Ernest Hemingway

Pressure Translations

pressure in Danish is tryk
pressure in French is instance, pression, instances
pressure in German is Druck, Dringlichkeit
pressure in Italian is pressione
pressure in Swedish is press, tryck

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