ambient pressure

English

Noun

ambient pressure (countable and uncountable, plural ambient pressures)

  1. (sciences) Pressure of the surrounding medium on an object, such as a gas or liquid, which comes into contact with the object.

References

  • McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. ((Can we date this quote?)) “Sci-Tech Dictionary ambient pressure on Answers.com”, in (Please provide the title of the work)‎, McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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