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critical pressure
[ krit-i-kuhl presh-er ]
noun
- the pressure of a pure element or compound at a critical point:
At its critical pressure, carbon dioxide converts to a liquid state.
critical pressure
noun
- the pressure of a gas or the saturated vapour pressure of a substance in its critical state
critical pressure
- The pressure of a substance at its critical point.
Word History and Origins
Origin of critical pressure1
Example Sentences
That bill put critical pressure on the Soviet dictatorship and exposed its inner weakness.
The larger the quantity of oxygen used, the lower the "critical pressure" was found to be.
At and above this critical pressure the result was found to be independent of the length of the column of gases exploded.
Criticize them as you may, they persist; and we fly back to them the moment critical pressure is relaxed.
Hydrogen has not only the lowest critical temperature of all the old permanent gases, but it has the lowest critical pressure.
To this temperature there will, of course, correspond a certain definite pressure, called the critical pressure.
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