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    1981. This principle has recently been used to measure blood pressure with a smartphone. Measuring pressure invasively, by penetrating the arterial wall...
    85 KB (9,165 words) - 20:24, 27 May 2024
  • Atmospheric pressure, also known as air pressure or barometric pressure (after the barometer), is the pressure within the atmosphere of Earth. The standard...
    23 KB (2,404 words) - 01:46, 19 July 2024
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    for the measurement of pressure and vacuum. Instruments used to measure and display pressure mechanically are called pressure gauges, vacuum gauges or...
    74 KB (9,894 words) - 01:28, 28 July 2024
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    blood pressure is one of the four main vital signs routinely monitored by medical professionals and healthcare providers. Measuring pressure invasively...
    41 KB (4,800 words) - 16:26, 3 June 2024
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    : 445  Gauge pressure (also spelled gage pressure) is the pressure relative to the ambient pressure. Various units are used to express pressure. Some of these...
    45 KB (5,654 words) - 04:32, 7 August 2024
  • SFIG-moh-mə-NO-mi-tər), also known as a blood pressure monitor, or blood pressure gauge, is a device used to measure blood pressure, composed of an inflatable cuff...
    16 KB (1,774 words) - 02:53, 24 July 2024
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    to measure air pressure in a certain environment. Pressure tendency can forecast short term changes in the weather. Many measurements of air pressure are...
    43 KB (5,123 words) - 01:48, 27 July 2024
  • Pitot pressure is the pressure that is measured by a Pitot tube, an open-ended tube connected to a pressure-measuring device. For subsonic flow, pitot...
    817 bytes (109 words) - 21:10, 7 August 2019
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    development of modern measuring instruments. In the past, a common time measuring instrument was the sundial. Today, the usual measuring instruments for time...
    45 KB (3,620 words) - 23:21, 5 August 2024
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    glaucoma. Most tonometers are calibrated to measure pressure in millimeters of mercury (mmHg). Intraocular pressure is determined by the production and drainage...
    18 KB (1,863 words) - 11:08, 26 April 2024
  • pressure measurement), since for a given fluid, pressure head is proportional to pressure. Measuring pressure in units of "mm of mercury" or "inches of water"...
    9 KB (1,247 words) - 04:35, 3 November 2023
  • When measuring the sound pressure created by a sound source, it is important to measure the distance from the object as well, since the sound pressure of...
    29 KB (3,065 words) - 10:53, 21 July 2024
  • adoption of "indirect" pressure measuring devices, which were more practical than the manometer. An example is in high pressure (up to 50 psi) steam engines...
    31 KB (3,675 words) - 16:03, 2 June 2024
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    Isoteniscope (category Pressure gauges)
    An Isoteniscope is a measuring device used to measure the vapor pressure of liquids. It consists of a submerged manometer and container holding the substance...
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    constriction is balanced by a drop in pressure because of its loss in potential energy. By measuring pressure, the flow rate can be determined, as in...
    17 KB (2,484 words) - 17:49, 14 May 2024
  • of pressure unit used, the measuring procedure varies between CIP method, SAAMI method, and NATO EPVAT.[clarification needed] The chamber pressures are...
    7 KB (1,009 words) - 14:29, 25 December 2022
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    gas is a measure of thermodynamic activity of the gas's molecules. Gases dissolve, diffuse, and react according to their partial pressures but not according...
    21 KB (2,403 words) - 08:39, 28 June 2024
  • primary issue with measuring the pressure in microfluidic devices is that the volume of fluid is too small to be used in standard pressure measurement tools...
    27 KB (4,041 words) - 10:59, 26 July 2023
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    in this manner it defines temperature. Although pressure is defined mechanically, a pressure-measuring device, called a barometer may also be constructed...
    47 KB (5,801 words) - 22:17, 1 July 2024
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    as the measure of the tendency of a solution to take in its pure solvent by osmosis. Potential osmotic pressure is the maximum osmotic pressure that could...
    11 KB (1,559 words) - 01:06, 22 June 2024
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