partial pressure

noun

The pressure that one component of a mixture of gases would contribute to the total pressure.

Meanings

nounpartial pressure (countable and uncountable, plural partial pressures)

plural partial pressures

  1. countableuncountablechemistryThe pressure that one component of a mixture of gases would contribute to the total pressure.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 分壓 /分压
  • 分壓 /分压 (fēnyā)pressure one component of a mixture of gases would contribute to the total pressure
Danish partialtryk
  • partialtrykpressure one component of a mixture of gases would contribute to the total pressure
Finnish osapaine
  • osapainepressure one component of a mixture of gases would contribute to the total pressure
German Partialdruck
  • Partialdruckpressure one component of a mixture of gases would contribute to the total pressure
Hungarian parciális nyomás
  • parciális nyomáspressure one component of a mixture of gases would contribute to the total pressure
Russian парциа́льное давле́ние
  • парциа́льное давле́ние (parciálʹnoje davlénije)pressure one component of a mixture of gases would contribute to the total pressure
Spanish presión parcial
  • presión parcialpressure one component of a mixture of gases would contribute to the total pressure
Ukrainian парціальний тиск
  • парціальний тиск (parcialʹnyj tysk)pressure one component of a mixture of gases would contribute to the total pressure
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APA

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Chicago

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