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Meanings of force per unit area in English

Portuguese
pressão
Catalan
pressió
Spanish
presión

The force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit)

        pressão
        Usage of force per unit area in English
        1
        Pressure is the force per unit area due to this gas.
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        2
        Okay so that force per unit area-So it's kind of like a magnifying glass?
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        3
        And so sometimes it's the force that you push something with but sometimes it is that force per unit area.
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        4
        I like to think of the collisions per unit area-thisleads to force per unit area that is the definition of pressure.
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        Translations for force per unit area
        Portuguese
        pressão
        Catalan
        pressió
        Spanish
        presión