internal pressure
noun
Pressure acting on the inside of a container, pipe, etc., arising from a liquid or gas within it; (Physics ) pressure within a liquid or gas arising from inward forces on molecules near the surface, as a result of intermolecular attraction.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.
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