critical pressure
the pressure of a pure element or compound at a critical point: At its critical pressure, carbon dioxide converts to a liquid state.
Origin of critical pressure
1- Compare critical constant.
Words Nearby critical pressure
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use critical pressure in a sentence
That bill put critical pressure on the Soviet dictatorship and exposed its inner weakness.
The larger the quantity of oxygen used, the lower the "critical pressure" was found to be.
At and above this critical pressure the result was found to be independent of the length of the column of gases exploded.
Criticize them as you may, they persist; and we fly back to them the moment critical pressure is relaxed.
Pragmatism | William JamesHydrogen has not only the lowest critical temperature of all the old permanent gases, but it has the lowest critical pressure.
To this temperature there will, of course, correspond a certain definite pressure, called the critical pressure.
The Phase Rule and Its Applications | Alexander Findlay
British Dictionary definitions for critical pressure
the pressure of a gas or the saturated vapour pressure of a substance in its critical state
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for critical pressure
The pressure of a substance at its critical point.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Browse