请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 overpressure
释义

overpressure

noun

over·​pres·​sure ˈō-vər-ˌpre-shər How to pronounce overpressure (audio)
: pressure significantly above what is usual or normal

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The documents, submitted to the FAA in February, said explosions, heat plumes, blast overpressure, falling debris, noise and other issues could diminish the habitat and its animal populations. Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 5 May 2022 As Air and Space notes, where the Concorde’s supersonic waves exerted an average of 10 kg per square meter of atmospheric overpressure on the human eardrum, the X-59 comes in at a mere 1.4. Tom Vanderbilt, Wired, 20 Dec. 2021 One estimate puts it at the equivalent of 240 tons of TNT, based on map data and the amount of overpressure required to cause the damage seen. Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 5 Aug. 2020 The Mark 21 Mod 0 grenade system, developed by Norwegian defense contractor Nammo, is designed for use by attacking troops against enemy positions, blasting them with concussive overpressure while posing less of a danger to friendly forces. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 25 Sep. 2019 In space there’s no air, so all that pounds-per-square-inch overpressure damage is not going to happen. Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 2 Apr. 2018 When a man hiding in a fridge is swept by this overpressure wave, he’ll certainly be battered to death inside a tumbling, irradiated oven. Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 2 Apr. 2018 If the asteroid is large enough, the overpressure would effectively pulp victims' insides. Jasper Hamill, Fox News, 28 June 2018 Each 500-pound bomb was set to detonate just above its target for maximum lethality, operating more through overpressure than fragmentation. William Langewiesche, The Atlantic, 21 June 2018 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1644, in the meaning defined above

随便看

 

英语词典包含469781条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/11/12 5:14:45