external pressure

collocation in English

meaningsofexternalandpressure

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external
adjective
uk
/ɪkˈstɜː.nəl/us
/ɪkˈstɝː.nəl/
of, on, for, or coming from ...
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pressure
noun
uk
/ˈpreʃ.ər/us
/ˈpreʃ.ɚ/
the force you produce when you ...
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(Definition ofexternalandpressurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Another effect is theexternalpressureover the two surfaces.
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Externalpressurealways tells, andexternalpressureis working at the present time.
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This, he posits, cannot survive because of internal contradictions andexternalpressurefor change.
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The choroid plexus is a soft tissue and easily affected byexternalpressure.
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While filling, thin spheres are usually destroyed by moreexternalpressurethan internal.
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The boycott did not conclude as a result ofexternalpressure.
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The implosion is driven by anexternalpressurederived from scaling laws.
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A pressure sensor measures theexternalpressureexperienced by the vehicle.
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His question was: whatexternalpressurewas there; and under what circumstances couldexternalpressurebe triggered?
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It is a whole, but not one that has been formed by the application ofexternalpressureand external rules.
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We must maintain thatexternalpressure.
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That was because ofexternalpressure.
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These would be heavy responsibilities, even withoutexternalpressure.
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So we will have internal division andexternalpressure.
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It is absolutely necessary that there isexternalpressure.
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Schedule 4 is a reaction toexternalpressure.
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Of course, much of that came fromexternalpressure.
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Families cannot be held together byexternalpressure, by legislation.
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Externalpressuremight force the junta to call democratic elections.
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In subsequent years,externalpressurefor further reviews was exerted.
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The solution can only come from strongexternalpressure.
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These would be heavy responsibilities even withoutexternalpressure.
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Ideally, in analogy with the explosion case, theexternalpressureshould be reasonably close to the crushing pressure of the glass sphere.
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This last refers to states that are jammed between theexternalpressureof the global economy and internal forces of social change.
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By the end of the 1990s, the widely reported economic crisis and instability in the country, however, broughtexternalpressureto bear on the government.
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