working pressure

noun

The pressure that something that operates under and contains pressure normally works at; the specified maximum working pressure is set below the test pressure.

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Meanings

nounworking pressure (countable and uncountable, plural working pressures)

plural working pressures

  1. countableuncountableThe pressure that something that operates under and contains pressure normally works at; the specified maximum working pressure is set below the test pressure.

    It is a general-purpose type, with weight and clearances sufficiently restricted to enable it to have a considerably wider radius of action than the "V2" 2-6-2s and "K3" 2-6-0s, but at the same time, with the help of a working pressure of 225 lb. per sq. in., of considerable power.

    1943 March and April, “L.N.E.R. New Mixed-Traffic 4-6-0 Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 104

Translations

Danish arbejdstryk
  • arbejdstrykworking pressure
Norwegian Bokmål arbeidstrykk
  • arbeidstrykkworking pressure
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APA

working pressure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/working%20pressure

MLA

“working pressure.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/working%20pressure. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “working pressure,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/working%20pressure.

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