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  • Thumbnail for Pressure measurement
    Pressure measurement is the measurement of an applied force by a fluid (liquid or gas) on a surface. Pressure is typically measured in units of force...
    74 KB (9,894 words) - 18:22, 31 March 2024
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    Gauge pressure (also spelled gage pressure) is the pressure relative to the ambient pressure. Various units are used to express pressure. Some of these...
    44 KB (5,656 words) - 01:34, 4 June 2024
  • the application of pressure to the cricoid cartilage at the neck, thus occluding the esophagus which passes directly behind it. Cricoid pressure should...
    11 KB (1,341 words) - 23:31, 10 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Reflexology
    zone therapy, is an alternative medical practice involving the application of pressure to specific points on the feet, ears, and hands. This is done using...
    15 KB (1,437 words) - 15:51, 24 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pressure vessel
    suit the pressure application, and will depend on the size of the vessel, the contents, working pressure, mass constraints, and the number of items required...
    48 KB (6,196 words) - 04:00, 1 July 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 (2,418 words) - 12:50, 7 July 2024
  • Pressurization (category Pressure)
    pressurisation is the application of pressure in a given situation or environment. Industrial equipment is often maintained at pressures above or below atmospheric...
    1 KB (93 words) - 11:18, 6 June 2023
  • Thumbnail for Pressure-sensitive tape
    Pressure-sensitive tape or pressure-sensitive adhesive tape (PSA tape) is an adhesive tape that will stick with application of pressure, without the need...
    11 KB (1,370 words) - 21:44, 27 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Machine press
    is a machine tool that changes the shape of a work-piece by the application of pressure. The operator of a forming press is known as a press-tool setter...
    17 KB (1,046 words) - 12:12, 21 April 2024
  • removal of pressure rather than application of pressure to the abdomen. (The latter is referred to simply as abdominal tenderness.) It is indicative of peritonitis...
    4 KB (377 words) - 20:40, 14 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Spin crossover
    also influenced by the application of pressure, which changes the population of the HS and LS states. Upon application of pressure, a conversion from the...
    17 KB (2,309 words) - 15:42, 31 October 2023
  • Thumbnail for Nosebleed
    use of petroleum jelly in the nose. Initially, treatment is generally the application of pressure for at least five minutes over the lower half of the...
    30 KB (3,159 words) - 20:52, 28 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Melchior (alloy)
    application of pressure, both in the hot and cold state. After annealing, it has a tensile strength of about 40 kg/mm2. The most valuable property of...
    2 KB (199 words) - 16:24, 12 July 2023
  • Thumbnail for Plantar wart
    top layer of the skin. Plantar warts tend to be painful on application of pressure from either side of the lesion rather than direct pressure, unlike calluses...
    17 KB (1,660 words) - 05:29, 27 April 2024
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    tenderness (pain upon removal of pressure rather than application of pressure). In particular, it presents at McBurney's point, 1/3 of the way along a line drawn...
    29 KB (3,315 words) - 15:10, 7 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Azeotrope
    distillation is usually used instead. For technical applications, the pressure-temperature-composition behavior of a mixture is the most important, but other important...
    34 KB (4,392 words) - 16:27, 4 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Poppet valve
    performance. In exhaust applications higher pressure against the valve helps to seal it, and in intake applications lower pressure helps open it. The poppet...
    18 KB (2,090 words) - 09:10, 25 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sodium-vapor lamp
    restricts applications to outdoor lighting, such as street lamps, where they are widely used. High-pressure sodium lamps emit a broader spectrum of light...
    27 KB (3,171 words) - 00:37, 30 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hives
    the hives only appear after about six hours from the initial application of pressure to the skin. Under normal circumstances, these hives are not the...
    50 KB (5,739 words) - 14:40, 8 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Continuous positive airway pressure
    continuously applied to the upper respiratory tract of a person. The application of positive pressure may be intended to prevent upper airway collapse,...
    18 KB (1,768 words) - 06:29, 2 July 2024
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