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single point in a fluid always give the static pressure value, the 'static' is often dropped. In the design and operation of aircraft, static pressure is...

gauges measure pressure relative to atmospheric pressure as the zero point, so this form of reading is simply referred to as "gauge pressure". However, anything...

2017. He joined the Police Department in 1984 and was assigned to Operation Pressure Point, an effort to clean up Alphabet City in Manhattan. At home, he...

wavelength near 589 nm. Two varieties of such lamps exist: low pressure and high pressure. Low-pressure sodium lamps are highly efficient electrical light sources...

Operation Choke Point was an initiative of the United States Department of Justice beginning in 2013 which investigated banks in the United States and...

required. Pressure vessels can be dangerous, and fatal accidents have occurred in the history of their development and operation. Consequently, pressure vessel...

setting or release pressure; these release steam during operation (venting). After the stove-top pressure cookers came the electric pressure cookers in 1991...

Punjab in order to relieve pressure in Kashmir. This forced Pakistan to abandon Grand Slam and fight in Punjab, thus the operation ended in failure and the...

Gas-operation is a system of operation used to provide energy to operate locked breech, autoloading firearms. In gas-operation, a portion of high-pressure...

create pressure on the German forces operating on the British and Canadian front simultaneous with Operation Cobra, an American offensive. Operation Spring...

balanced by atmospheric pressure on the other end. The term "siphon" derives from the belief that air pressure is involved in the operation of a siphon. The...

exceeded in operation. Design pressure is the pressure a pressurized item is designed to, and is higher than any expected operating pressures. Due to the...

drying process is a batch operation performed at reduced pressures and lower relative humidity compared to ambient pressure, enabling faster drying. Vacuum...

Operation Eland, also known as the Nyadzonya Raid, was a military operation carried out by the Rhodesian Selous Scouts at Nyadzonya in Mozambique on 9...

A pressure regulator is a valve that controls the pressure of a fluid to a desired value, using negative feedback from the controlled pressure. Regulators...

Voltage, also known as (electrical) potential difference, electric pressure, or electric tension is the difference in electric potential between two points...

sparks and spatter from the welding operation. While the light curtain or pressure sensitive mats prevent welding operations while the operator is loading/unloading...

miniature snap-action switch is used to ensure quick operation of the contacts. One sensitive type of pressure switch uses mercury switches mounted on a Bourdon...

as its working fluid. The steam engine uses the force produced by steam pressure to push a piston back and forth inside a cylinder. This pushing force can...

meteorology, a low-pressure area, low area or low is a region where the atmospheric pressure is lower than that of surrounding locations. Low-pressure areas are...