negative pressure

English

Noun

negative pressure (plural negative pressures)

Pressure that is less than normal atmospheric pressure
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

Translations

pressure that is less than normal atmospheric pressure

Chinese:
Mandarin: 負壓／负压 (zh) (fùyā)
German: Unterdruck (de) m
Spanish: presión negativa f

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