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Overpressure Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ure

Overpressure has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a transient air pressure greater than the surrounding atmospheric pressure

"the overpressure of the blast kills by lethal concussion"

2

excess or markedly elevated pressure, especially a transient high pressure due to a shock wave