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pres·sur·ize
(prĕsh′ə-rīz′)tr.v. pres·sur·ized, pres·sur·iz·ing, pres·sur·iz·es
1. To maintain normal air pressure in (an enclosure, as an aircraft or submarine).
2. To cause to have or function at greater than normal air or gas pressure: The stairwells are pressurized to prevent smoke from entering during a fire.
3. To put (gas or liquid) under a greater than normal pressure.
4. Informal To subject to psychological, political, or other nonphysical pressure: pressurized the government to enact reforms.
pres′sur·i·za′tion (-ər-ĭ-zā′shən) n.
pres′sur·iz′er n.
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pressurize
(ˈprɛʃəˌraɪz) orpressurise
vb (tr)
1. (Aeronautics) to increase the pressure in (an enclosure, such as an aircraft cabin) in order to maintain approximately atmospheric pressure when the external pressure is low
2. (General Physics) to increase pressure on (a fluid)
3. to make insistent demands of (someone); coerce
ˌpressuriˈzation, ˌpressuriˈsation n
ˈpressurˌizer, ˈpressurˌiser n
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pres•sur•ize
(ˈprɛʃ əˌraɪz)v.t. -ized, -iz•ing.
1. to produce or maintain normal air pressure in (an airplane cabin, a spacesuit, etc.), esp. at high altitudes or in space.
2. to exert pressure on.
3. to pressure-cook.
[1940–45]
pres`sur•i•za′tion, n.
pres′sur•iz`er, n.
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pressurize
Past participle: pressurized
Gerund: pressurizing
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| Verb | 1. | pressurize - increase the pressure on a gas or liquid |
| 2. | pressurize - maintain a certain pressure; "the airplane cabin is pressurized"; "pressurize a space suit" | |
| 3. | pressurize - increase the pressure in or of; "The captain will pressurize the cabin for the passengers' comfort" adjust, correct, set - alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels" depressurise, depressurize, decompress - decrease the pressure of; "depressurize the cabin in the air plane" |
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pressurize
verb force, drive, compel, intimidate, coerce, dragoon, breathe down someone's neck, browbeat, press-gang, twist someone's arm (informal), turn on the heat (informal), put the screws on (slang) He thought she was trying to pressurize him into marriage.
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pressurize
verbTo maintain normal air pressure in:
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Translations
činit nátlakudržovat normální tlak
presse
nyomás alá helyezpresszionál
òvingaútbúa meî loftòrÿstingsjafnara
robiť nátlakudržiavať normálny tlak
basıncı ayarlamakbaskı yapmakzorlamak
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pressurize
vt
cabin, spacesuit → auf Normaldruck halten; the cabin is only pressurized when … → der Druckausgleich in der Kabine wird erst hergestellt, wenn …
(= pressure) sb → unter Druck setzen; to pressurize somebody into doing something → jdn so unter Druck setzen, dass er schließlich etw tut; I refuse to be pressurized into agreeing → ich lasse mir meine Zustimmung nicht abpressen; she refused to be pressurized into going → sie ließ sich nicht zwingen zu gehen
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pressure
(ˈpreʃə) noun1. (the amount of force exerted by) the action of pressing. to apply pressure to a cut to stop bleeding; A barometer measures atmospheric pressure.
2. (a) strain or stress. The pressures of her work are sometimes too much for her.
3. strong persuasion; compulsion or force. He agreed under pressure.
ˈpressurize, ˈpressurise verb1. to fit (an aeroplane etc) with a device that keeps air pressure normal. The cabins have all been pressurized
2. to force. He was pressurized into giving up his job.
pressure cooker a type of saucepan in which food is cooked quickly by steam kept under great pressure.
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