"negative pressure" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: negative pressures [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} negative pressure (plural negative pressures)
  1. Pressure that is less than normal atmospheric pressure Translations (pressure that is less than normal atmospheric pressure): 負壓 (Chinese Mandarin), 负压 (fùyā) (Chinese Mandarin), Unterdruck [masculine] (German), presión negativa [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-negative_pressure-en-noun-vp7ObFIX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of 'pressure that is less than normal atmospheric pressure': 94 6
  2. The tension in a liquid that is thermodynamically metastable with respect to the vapour phase; especially that in the xylem of vascular plants that allows transpiration to great heights
    Sense id: en-negative_pressure-en-noun-XZhBsCZW

Inflected forms

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