Meaning & use
Pression
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An archaic or rare term for pressure, the exertion of force upon a surface.
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The old treatise described the pression of the atmosphere on the human body.
Engineers of the era measured pression using rudimentary mercury gauges.
A note on using this word
"Pression" was once used interchangeably with "pressure" in English but has fallen out of common use, surviving mainly in older scientific and legal texts.
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