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SEA-LEVEL PRESSURE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sea-level pressure mean?
• SEA-LEVEL PRESSURE (noun)
The noun SEA-LEVEL PRESSURE has 1 sense:
1. the atmospheric pressure reduced by a formula to the pressure at sea level
Familiarity information: SEA-LEVEL PRESSURE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The atmospheric pressure reduced by a formula to the pressure at sea level
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("sea-level pressure" is a kind of...):
air pressure; atmospheric pressure; pressure (the pressure exerted by the atmosphere)
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