underpressure
Noun
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Noun
underpressure (plural underpressures)
- insufficient pressure; a marked drop in pressure
- 2007, Vladimir A. Rakov and Martin A. Uman, Lightning: Physics and Effects, page 378
- The expanding-hot-channel mechanism predicts an initial positive pressure change (an overpressure) while the electrostatic-pressure-relief mechanism predicts an initial negative pressure change (an underpressure).
- 2007, Vladimir A. Rakov and Martin A. Uman, Lightning: Physics and Effects, page 378
- German: Unterdruck
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