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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
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the pressure exerted by the atmosphere
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: air pressure, pressure
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gas pressure
Narrower terms: barometric pressure, compartment pressure, overpressure, sea-level pressure
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
80 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
lugdruk
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Albanian:
presioni atmosferik
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Arabic:
ضغط جوي
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Aragonese:
presión atmosferica
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Armenian:
մթնոլորտային ճնշում
(mtʻnolortayin čnšum)
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Asturian:
presión atmosférica
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Azerbaijani:
atmosfer təzyiqi
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Bashkir:
атмосфера баҫымы
(atmosfera baśımı)
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Basque:
presio atmosferiko
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Belarusian:
атмасферны ціск
(atmasfjerny cisk)
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Bengali:
বায়ুমণ্ডলীয় চাপ
(baẏumonḍoliẏo cap)
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Bulgarian:
атмосферно налягане
(atmosferno naljagane)
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Catalan:
pressió atmosfèrica
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Chinese Mandarin:
大氣壓 /大气压
(dàqìyā)
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Chinese Mandarin:
氣壓 /气压
(qìyā)
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Czech:
atmosférický tlak
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Danish:
lufttryk
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Danish:
atmosfæretryk
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Danish:
atmosfærisk tryk
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Dutch:
luchtdruk
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Esperanto:
atmosfera premo
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Estonian:
õhurõhk
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Finnish:
ilmanpaine
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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French:
pression atmosphérique
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Galician:
presión atmosférica
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Georgian:
ატმოსფერული წნევა
(aṭmosperuli c̣neva)
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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German:
Atmosphärendruck
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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German:
Luftdruck
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Greek:
ατμοσφαιρική πίεση
(atmosfairikí píesi)
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Hebrew:
לחץ אטמוספירי
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Hindi:
वायुमंडलीय दाब
(vāyumaṇḍlīya dāb)
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Hungarian:
légnyomás
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Icelandic:
loftþrýstingur
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Indonesian:
tekanan atmosfer
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Irish:
brú an atmaisféir
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Irish:
brú atmaisféarach
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Italian:
pressione atmosferica
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Japanese:
気圧
(kiatsu)
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Kazakh:
атмосфералық қысым
(atmosferalyq qysym)
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Korean:
대기압
(daegiap)
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Northern Kurdish:
pestoya atmosferê
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Kyrgyz:
атмосфера басымы
(atmosfera basımı)
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Latvian:
atmosfēras spiediens
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Lithuanian:
atmosferos slėgis
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Macedonian:
атмосферски притисок
(atmosferski pritisok)
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Malay:
tekanan atmosfera
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Malayalam:
അന്തരീക്ഷമർദ്ദം
(antarīkṣamaṟddaṁ)
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Marathi:
वातावरणाचा दाब
(vātāvarṇācā dāb)
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Mongolian:
агаарын даралт
(agaaryn daralt)
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Mongolian:
ᠠᠭᠠᠷ ᠦᠨ ᠳᠠᠷᠤᠯᠲᠠ
(aɣar-ün darulta)
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Nepali:
वायुमण्डलीय चाप
(vāyumaṇḍalīya cāp)
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Norwegian Bokmål:
lufttrykk
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Norwegian Bokmål:
atmosfæretrykk
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Norwegian Bokmål:
atmosfærisk trykk
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
lufttrykk
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
atmosfæretrykk
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Persian:
فشار اتمسفری
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Polish:
ciśnienie atmosferyczne
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Portuguese:
pressão atmosférica
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Punjabi:
ਵਾਯੂਮੰਡਲ ਦਬਾਅ
(vāyūmaṇḍal dabāa)
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Romanian:
presiune atmosferică
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Russian:
атмосфе́рное давле́ние
(atmosférnoje davlénije)
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Serbo-Croatian:
atmosferski tlak
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Slovak:
atmosférický tlak
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Slovene:
zračni tlak
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Spanish:
presión atmosférica
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Spanish:
presión barométrica
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Swahili:
kanieneo angahewa
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Swedish:
lufttryck
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Swedish:
atmosfärtryck
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Tagalog:
presyon ng hangin
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Tagalog:
presyur ng hangin
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Tagalog:
bunto ng hangin
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Tamil:
வளிமண்டல அழுத்தம்
(vaḷimaṇṭala aḻuttam)
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Thai:
ความกดอากาศ
(kwaam-gòt-aa-gàat)
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Turkish:
atmosfer basıncı
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Ukrainian:
атмосферний тиск
(atmosfernyj tysk)
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Urdu:
ہوا کا دباؤ
(hvā kā dbāo)
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Uzbek:
atmosfera bosimi
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere
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Welsh:
gwasgedd atmosfferig
— pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere