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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