Meanings
nounnegative pressure (plural negative pressures)
plural negative pressures
- Pressure that is less than normal atmospheric pressure
- The tension in a liquid that is thermodynamically metastable with respect to the vapour phase; especially that in the xylem of vascular plants that allows transpiration to great heights
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 負壓 /负压
- 負壓 /负压 (fùyā)pressure that is less than normal atmospheric pressure
German Unterdruck
- Unterdruckpressure that is less than normal atmospheric pressure
Spanish presión negativa
- presión negativapressure that is less than normal atmospheric pressure
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APA
negative pressure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/negative%20pressure
MLA
“negative pressure.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/negative%20pressure. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “negative pressure,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/negative%20pressure.
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