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verb
- 1. produce or maintain raised pressure artificially in (a gas or its container): "the mixture was pressurized to 1,900 atmospheres"
- 2. attempt to persuade or coerce (someone) into doing something: British "people had been pressurized to vote"
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The meaning of PRESSURIZE is to confine the contents of under a pressure greater than that of the outside atmosphere; especially : to maintain near-normal atmospheric pressure in during high-altitude or spaceflight (as by means of a supercharger). How to use pressurize in a sentence.
PRESSURIZE definition: 1. to keep the air pressure in a submarine, plane, etc. at a level that is suitable for breathing…. Learn more.
(preʃəraɪz ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense pressurizes , present participle pressurizing , past tense, past participle pressurized regional note: in BRIT, also use pressurise. 1. verb. If you are pressurized into doing something, you are forcefully persuaded to do it.
Pressurize definition: to raise the internal atmospheric pressure of to the required or desired level. See examples of PRESSURIZE used in a sentence.
/ˌprɛʃəˈraɪz/ IPA guide. Other forms: pressurized; pressurizing. To pressurize a gas is to artificially raise the amount of force with which its molecules are pressing against each other. Before doctors give patients gasses like nitrous oxide or oxygen, they must first be pressurized inside a canister.
PRESSURIZE meaning: 1. to keep the air pressure in a submarine, plane, etc. at a level that is suitable for breathing…. Learn more.
1. To maintain normal air pressure in (an enclosure, as an aircraft or submarine). 2. To cause to have or function at greater than normal air or gas pressure: The stairwells are pressurized to prevent smoke from entering during a fire. 3. To put (gas or liquid) under a greater than normal pressure. 4.
Definition of pressurize verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
pressurize meaning, definition, what is pressurize: to persuade someone to do something by m...: Learn more.
Pressurize definition: to raise the internal atmospheric pressure of to the required or desired level. See examples of PRESSURIZE used in a sentence.
