static pressure

American  

noun

Physics.

1. the pressure exerted by a fluid that is not moving or flowing.

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static pressure Scientific  

1. The pressure exerted by a liquid or gas, especially water or air, when the bodies on which the pressure is exerted are not in motion.

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static pressure

Razer is particularly proud of the static pressure in these case fans and says it has 70 percent more than the competition.

From The Verge ● Oct. 21, 2021

The first is the blast wave, a wall of static pressure traveling outward in all directions faster than the speed of sound.

From New York Times ● Jun. 10, 2016

The static pressure is ascertained by stopping the flow by artificial means, when the pressure generally rises, sometimes quickly, at other times slowly, until it reaches a maximum.

From Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information by Queensland

These valves, when closed, prevent the return of the blood to the periphery and distribute the static pressure of the blood column.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall

In the design it was necessary to limit it to the lowest economical depth, so as to increase the static pressure over the low-pressure district as much as possible.

From ASCE 1193: The Water-Works and Sewerage of Monterrey, N. L., Mexico The 4th article from the June, 1911, Volume LXXII, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Paper No. 1193, Feb. 1, 1911. by Conway, George Robert Graham