negative pressure
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[edit]Noun
[edit]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
[edit]pressure that is less than normal atmospheric pressure
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