Pressure Definition–noun | 1. | the exertion of force upon a surface by an object, fluid, etc., in contact with it: the pressure of earth against a wall. | | 2. | Physics. force per unit area. Symbol: P Compare stress (def. 6). | | 5. | the state of being pressed or compressed. | | 6. | harassment; oppression: the pressures of daily life. | | 7. | a constraining or compelling force or influence: the social pressures of city life; financial pressure. | | 8. | urgency, as of affairs or business: He works well under pressure. | | 9. | Obsolete. that which is impressed. | –verb (used with object) | 10. | to force (someone) toward a particular end; influence: They pressured him into accepting the contract. | |
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Cooker Definition–noun | 1. | an appliance or utensil for cooking: pressure cooker. | | 2. | a person employed in certain industrial processes, as in brewing or distilling, to operate cooking apparatus. | |
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Related topics from Britannicapressure cooker
hermetically sealed pot which produces steam heat to cook food quickly. The pressure cooker first appeared in 1679 as Papin's Digester, named for its inventor, the French-born physicist Denis Papin. ...
high-pressure phenomena
changes in physical, chemical, and structural characteristics that matter undergoes when subjected to high pressure. Pressure thus serves as a versatile tool in materials research, and it is ...
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vessel, usually of steel, able to withstand high temperatures and pressures. The chemical industry uses various types of autoclaves in manufacturing dyes and in other chemical reactions requiring ...
Papin, Denis
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Originally, hard candy syrups were boiled over a coke or gas fire. Modern manufacturers use pans jacketed with high-pressure steam for batch boiling. Special steam-pressure cookers through which ...
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Many of the world's best athletes convened in Goteborg on Sweden's west coast, and the pressure-cooker atmosphere helped produce four world records. One man set two marks; triple jumper Jonathan ...
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I (heart) my pressure cooker
Baltimore Sun - Found Nov. 12, 2008
My Atlanta brother, who occasionally comments on this blog, just sent me the reply he received from the Presto pressure cooker customer service
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Market Wire - Found Oct. 30, 2008
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The Sheffield derby: Owls star ready for 'pressure-cooker' game
Fans FC - Found Oct. 14, 2008
'Both are really intense, pressure-cooker games with form going out of the window. 'We're really looking forward to it.
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Dig out the pressure cooker and save cash
Hunts Post - Found Oct. 8, 2008
... or your mother's, or more likely your grandmother's, and see if you can find a pressure cooker.A pressure cooker will produce a beef stew in...
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