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depressure

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-pres-sure
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To reduce the pressure of something, especially of a gas inside a container; to depressurize

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin pressūrader. English pressure English depressure From de- + pressure.

Inflected Forms

depressures (present, singular) depressuring (participle, present) depressured (participle, past) depressured (past)

Questions

What does depressure mean?
To reduce the pressure of something, especially of a gas inside a container; to depressurize
Where does depressure come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin pressūrader. English pressure English depressure From de- + pressure.

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