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The act or process of increasing pressure within a volume of space.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: depressurization
Etymology tree English pressure Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English pressurization From pressure + -ization.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
pressurització
— the act or process of increasing pressure within a volume of space
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Finnish:
paineistus
— the act or process of increasing pressure within a volume of space
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French:
pressurisation
— the act or process of increasing pressure within a volume of space
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Galician:
presurización
— the act or process of increasing pressure within a volume of space
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German:
Druckaufbau
— the act or process of increasing pressure within a volume of space
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German:
Druckbeaufschlagung
— the act or process of increasing pressure within a volume of space
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Indonesian:
presurisasi
— the act or process of increasing pressure within a volume of space
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Italian:
pressurizzazione
— the act or process of increasing pressure within a volume of space
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Portuguese:
pressurização
— the act or process of increasing pressure within a volume of space
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Romanian:
presurizare
— the act or process of increasing pressure within a volume of space
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Spanish:
presurización
— the act or process of increasing pressure within a volume of space