The pressure exerted by the glacier's weight gradually shaped the valley into a U-shaped trough.
冰川重量施加的压力逐渐将山谷塑造成U形槽。
- Pressure builds in narrow underground channels until the steam forces water upward explosively.
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- The pressure cooker, patented in the 17th century by Denis Papin, uses trapped steam to raise the boiling point of water inside a sealed pot.
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- Modern pressure cookers include multiple safety valves that make them far safer than earlier designs.
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Which choice best defines “pressure”?
C — The force applied to a surface. “pressure” means the force applied to a surface.
Which word means “the force applied to a surface”?
D — pressure. “pressure” means the force applied to a surface.
pressure — the force applied to a surface. In Chinese: 压力.
pressure is pronounced /ˈprɛʃər/.
The pressure exerted by the glacier's weight gradually shaped the valley into a U-shaped trough. (冰川重量施加的压力逐渐将山谷塑造成U形槽。)
force, compression, stress — all close in meaning to pressure (the force applied to a surface).
release, vacuum — each the opposite of pressure (the force applied to a surface).
Yes. pressure is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.