The force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit)
1Pressure is the force per unit area due to this gas.
2Okay so that force per unit area-So it's kind of like a magnifying glass?
3And so sometimes it's the force that you push something with but sometimes it is that force per unit area.
4I like to think of the collisions per unit area-thisleads to force per unit area that is the definition of pressure.
Translations for force per unit area