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Meanings of pound force per square inch in English

Russian
фунт-сила на квадратный дюйм
Portuguese
libras por polegada quadrada
Spanish
psig
Catalan
lliura per polzada quadrada
Wikidata

Unit of pressure or stress.

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        фунт-сила на квадратный дюйм
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        Examples for "psi"
        Examples for "psi"
        1
        Air pressure about 20 psi at the surface; temperature around ninety-five Fahrenheit.
        Islands of Space
        2
        There is no question that each of us has inherent psi ability.
        The unseen
        3
        So the psi unit naturally made the burning of the plant impossible.
        The Ambulance Made Two Trips
        4
        I've never broken a bone or anything-butthat's not a psi power!
        Ringworld
        5
        They had doctors of psi digging for footprints, shreds of clothing, everything.
        Highways in Hiding
        1
        At this speed the pressure of the air was about half a pound per square inch.
        Experimental Determination of the Velocity of Light / Made at th...
        2
        A pressure of one pound per square inch is exerted by a column of water 2.3093 feet or 27.71 inches high at 62 degrees Fahrenheit.
        Steam, Its Generation and Use
        3
        Beginning at sea level, air weighs about 15 pounds per square inch.
        Death by black hole: and other cosmic quandaries
        4
        Another common unit for pressure is the psi - pounds per square inch.
        Wired
        5
        The steam pressure was limited to seventy-five pounds per square inch.
        Edison: His Life and Inventions
        Usage of pound force per square inch in English
        1
        It also requires technology capable of handling pressure of 20,000 pound -force per square inch.
        Reuters