pressure
/ˈpɹɛʃɚ/ nom A2En français : pression
- A pressing; a force applied to a surface. · Apply pressure to the wound to stop the bleeding.
- The amount of force that is applied over a given area divided by the size of this area; force per unit area.
- An amount of pressure.
- A contrasting force or impulse of any kind. · the pressure of poverty; the pressure of taxes; the pressure of motives on the mind; the pressure of civilization.
- Distress. · She has felt pressure lately because her boss expects her to get the job done by the first.· October 31, 1708, Francis Atterbury, a sermon preach'd before the Queen at St. James's In the midst of his great troubles and pressures.
- Urgency. · the pressure of business
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Dans la bibliothèque
Valentine therefore reached her hand towards the glass, but as soon as her trembling arm left the bed the apparition advanced more quickly towards her, and approached the young girl so closely that she fancied she heard his breath, and felt the pressure of his hand.
The pressure she felt was evidently intended to arrest her arm, and she slowly withdrew it.
But soon she saw one of his ears sticking up through the hole, for the strong pressure of the air was keeping him up so that he could not fall.
I shall have at least a pressure of the hand in public, and a sweet kiss in private.” Full of this idea, Villefort’s face became so joyous, that when he turned to Dantès, the latter, who had watched the change on his physiognomy, was smiling also.
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