Word Meanings - PRESSION - Book Publishers vocabulary database
An endeavor to move. (more info) 1. The act of pressing; pressure. Sir I. Newton.
Related words: (words related to PRESSION)
- PRESSIROSTRAL
Of or pertaining to the pressirosters. - PRESSIVE
Pressing; urgent; also, oppressive; as, pressive taxation. Bp. Hall. - PRESSGANG
See PRESS - PRESSURAGE
1. Pressure. 2. The juice of the grape extracted by the press; also, a fee paid for the use of a wine press. - PRESSURE WIRES
Wires leading from various points of an electric system to a central station, where a voltmeter indicates the potential of the system at those points. - PRESSWORK
The art of printing from the surface of type, plates, or engravings in relief, by means of a press; the work so done. MacKellar. - PRESSLY
Closely; concisely. - PRESSOR
Causing, or giving rise to, pressure or to an increase of pressure; as, pressor nerve fibers, stimulation of which excites the vasomotor center, thus causing a stronger contraction of the arteries and consequently an increase of the arterial blood - ENDEAVORER
One who makes an effort or attempt. - PRESSIROSTER
One of a tribe of wading birds including those which have a compressed beak, as the plovers. - ENDEAVORMENT
Act of endeavoring; endeavor. Spenser. - ENDEAVOR
To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try; to attempt. It is our duty to endeavor the recovery of these beneficial subjects. Ld. Chatham. To endeavor one's self, - PRESS REVISE
A proof for final revision. - PRESSURE
The action of a force against some obstacle or opposing force; a force in the nature of a thrust, distributed over a surface, often estimated with reference to the upon a unit's area. Atmospheric pressure, Center of pressure, etc. See - PRESSITANT
Gravitating; heavy. Dr. H. More. - PRESSBOARD
A kind of highly sized rag paper or board, sometimes containing a small admixture of wood pulp; -- so called because used originally, as now, in presses for pressing and finishing knit underwear. - PRESSING
Urgent; exacting; importunate; as, a pressing necessity. -- Press"ing*ly, adv. - PRESSION
An endeavor to move. (more info) 1. The act of pressing; pressure. Sir I. Newton. - NEWTONIAN
Of or pertaining to Sir Isaac Newton, or his discoveries. Newtonian philosophy, the philosophy of Sir Isaac Newton; -- applied to the doctrine of the universe as expounded in Newton's "Principia," to the modern or experimental philosophy (as opposed - HOTPRESSED
Pressed while heat is applied. See Hotpress, v. t. - HOTPRESS
To apply to, in conjunction with mechanical pressure, for the purpose of giving a smooth and glosay surface, or to express oil, etc.; as, to hotpress paper, linen, etc. - SUPPRESSOR
One who suppresses. - INCOMPRESSIBLE
Not compressible; incapable of being reduced by force or pressure into a smaller compass or volume; resisting compression; as, many liquids and solids appear to be almost incompressible. -- In`com*press"i*ble*ness, n. - INSUPPRESSIBLE
That can not be suppressed or concealed; irrepressible. Young. -- In`sup*press"i*bly, adv. - REPRESSIBLE
Capable of being repressed. - ESPRESSIVO
With expression. - INEXPRESSIBLY
In an inexpressible manner or degree; unspeakably; unutterably. Spectator. - IMPRESS
To take by force for public service; as, to impress sailors or money. The second five thousand pounds impressed for the service of the sick and wounded prisoners. Evelyn. (more info) pref. im- in, on + premere to press. See Press to squeeze, and - INTROPRESSION
Pressure acting within. - REIMPRESS
To impress anew. - OPPRESSION
1. The act of oppressing, or state of being oppressed. 2. That which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty; severity; tyranny. "The multitude of oppressions." Job xxxv. 9. 3. A sense of heaviness or obstruction in the body or mind; - INSUPPRESSIVE
Insuppressible. "The insuppressive mettle of our spirits." Shak. - COMPRESSIVE
Compressing, or having power or tendency to compress; as, a compressive force. - OPPRESSOR
One who oppresses; one who imposes unjust burdens on others; one who harasses others with unjust laws or unreasonable severity. The orphan pines while the oppressor feeds. Shak. To relieve the oppressed and to punish the oppressor. Swift.