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Air pressure
Term | Definition |
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density | the degree of compactness of a substance. |
pressur | the continuous physical force exerted on or against an object by something in contact with it. |
air pressure | Atmospheric pressure, sometimes also called barometric pressure, is the pressure exerted by the weight of air in the atmosphere of Earth or that of another planet. |
mercury barometer | a barometer in which the weight of a column of mercury in a glass tube with a sealed top is balanced against that of the atmosphere pressing on an exposed cistern of mercury at the base of the mercury column, |
aneroid barometer | a device for measuring atmospheric pressure without the use of fluids. It consists of a partially evacuated metal chamber, the thin corrugated lid of which is displaced by variations in the external air pressure. |
altitude | the height of an object or point in relation to sea level or ground level. |
barometer | an instrument measuring atmospheric pressure, used especially in forecasting the weather and determining altitude. |