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atmospheric pressure

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The pressure caused by the weight of the atmosphere above an area.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

the pressure exerted by the atmosphere

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: air pressure, pressure

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: gas pressure

Narrower terms: barometric pressure, compartment pressure, overpressure, sea-level pressure

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Across languages

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80 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: lugdruk — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Albanian: presioni atmosferik — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Arabic: ضغط جوي — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Aragonese: presión atmosferica — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Armenian: մթնոլորտային ճնշում (mtʻnolortayin čnšum) — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Asturian: presión atmosférica — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Azerbaijani: atmosfer təzyiqi — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Bashkir: атмосфера баҫымы (atmosfera baśımı) — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Basque: presio atmosferiko — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Belarusian: атмасферны ціск (atmasfjerny cisk) — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Bengali: বায়ুমণ্ডলীয় চাপ (baẏumonḍoliẏo cap) — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Bulgarian: атмосферно налягане (atmosferno naljagane) — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Catalan: pressió atmosfèrica — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大氣壓 /大气压 (dàqìyā) — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Chinese Mandarin: 氣壓 /气压 (qìyā) — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Czech: atmosférický tlak — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Danish: lufttryk — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Danish: atmosfæretryk — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Danish: atmosfærisk tryk — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Dutch: luchtdruk — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Esperanto: atmosfera premo — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Estonian: õhurõhk — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Finnish: ilmanpaine — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • French: pression atmosphérique — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Galician: presión atmosférica — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Georgian: ატმოსფერული წნევა (aṭmosperuli c̣neva) — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • German: Atmosphärendruck — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • German: Luftdruck — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Greek: ατμοσφαιρική πίεση (atmosfairikí píesi) — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Hebrew: לחץ אטמוספירי — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Hindi: वायुमंडलीय दाब (vāyumaṇḍlīya dāb) — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Hungarian: légnyomás — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Icelandic: loftþrýstingur — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Indonesian: tekanan atmosfer — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Irish: brú an atmaisféir — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Irish: brú atmaisféarach — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Italian: pressione atmosferica — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Japanese: 気圧 (kiatsu) — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Kazakh: атмосфералық қысым (atmosferalyq qysym) — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Korean: 대기압 (daegiap) — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Northern Kurdish: pestoya atmosferê — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Kyrgyz: атмосфера басымы (atmosfera basımı) — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Latvian: atmosfēras spiediens — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Lithuanian: atmosferos slėgis — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Macedonian: атмосферски притисок (atmosferski pritisok) — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Malay: tekanan atmosfera — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Malayalam: അന്തരീക്ഷമർദ്ദം (antarīkṣamaṟddaṁ) — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Marathi: वातावरणाचा दाब (vātāvarṇācā dāb) — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Mongolian: агаарын даралт (agaaryn daralt) — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Mongolian: ᠠᠭᠠᠷ ᠦᠨ ᠳᠠᠷᠤᠯᠲᠠ (aɣar-ün darulta) — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Nepali: वायुमण्डलीय चाप (vāyumaṇḍalīya cāp) — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lufttrykk — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Norwegian Bokmål: atmosfæretrykk — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Norwegian Bokmål: atmosfærisk trykk — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lufttrykk — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: atmosfæretrykk — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Persian: فشار اتمسفری — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Polish: ciśnienie atmosferyczne — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Portuguese: pressão atmosférica — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Punjabi: ਵਾਯੂਮੰਡਲ ਦਬਾਅ (vāyūmaṇḍal dabāa) — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Romanian: presiune atmosferică — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Russian: атмосфе́рное давле́ние (atmosférnoje davlénije) — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Serbo-Croatian: atmosferski tlak — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Slovak: atmosférický tlak — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Slovene: zračni tlak — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Spanish: presión atmosférica — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Spanish: presión barométrica — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Swahili: kanieneo angahewa — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Swedish: lufttryck — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Swedish: atmosfärtryck — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Tagalog: presyon ng hangin — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Tagalog: presyur ng hangin — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Tagalog: bunto ng hangin — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Tamil: வளிமண்டல அழுத்தம் (vaḷimaṇṭala aḻuttam) — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Thai: ความกดอากาศ (kwaam-gòt-aa-gàat) — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Turkish: atmosfer basıncı — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Ukrainian: атмосферний тиск (atmosfernyj tysk) — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Urdu: ہوا کا دباؤ (hvā kā dbāo) — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Uzbek: atmosfera bosimi — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
  • Welsh: gwasgedd atmosfferig — pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere