Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

negative pressure

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.59 in modern English

Syllables: neg-a-tive -pres-sure
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Pressure that is less than normal atmospheric pressure

noun

The tension in a liquid that is thermodynamically metastable with respect to the vapour phase; especially that in the xylem of vascular plants that allows transpiration to great heights

Inflected Forms

negative pressures (plural)

Questions

What does negative pressure mean?: Pressure that is less than normal atmospheric pressure

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