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pressurise::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pressurize |
| Type of | adjust, correct, set |
| Derivation | pressure |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pressurize |
| Type of | hold, keep, maintain |
| Derivation | pressure |
pressurise::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pressurize, supercharge |
| Type of | modify, alter, change |
| Derivation | pressure |
Examples of pressurise
pressurise
It has been leaking helium, which is used to pressurise propellant tanks.
From the newscientist.com
Irish regain possession at the next scrum and continue to pressurise.
From the getreading.co.uk
Stoke pressurise, and he sensibly passes back towards his defenders.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Cully continued to pressurise with Toms and Jemba Bull going close.
From the middevonstar.co.uk
Hadfield was winning ball on the ground, enabling the backs to pressurise the home defence.
From the barryanddistrictnews.co.uk
Regenerative brakes pressurise a canister, so that at the bottom of hills you can creosote fences.
From the dailymail.co.uk
They call up councils and land owners and pressurise them into cancelling dates booked in advance.
From the independent.co.uk
Don't pressurise him but sit him down and explain how worried you are, and that you want to help.
From the people.co.uk
Its up-and-down bobbing motion is used to pressurise water stored in the tube below the surface.
From the economist.com
- Supercharge: increase the pressure on a gas or liquid
- Pressurize: maintain a certain pressure; "the airplane cabin is pressurized"; "pressurize a space suit"
- (Pressurisation) Pressurization is the application of pressure in a given situation or environment; and more specifically refers to the process by which atmospheric pressure is maintained in an isolated or semi-isolated atmospheric environment (for instance, in an aircraft, or whilst scuba diving).
- (Pressuriser) Found in a Pressurised-Water Reactor (PWR): Electrically heated boiler in a cooling system, which boils water as necessary to maintain coolant pressure.
- (Pressurisation) A method of protecting escape routes against the ingress of smoke by maintaining the air within them at pressures higher than those in adjacent parts of the building.
