Having or involving a pressure greatly exceeding that of the atmosphere; said of steam, air, water, etc., and of steam, air, or hydraulic engines, water wheels, etc.
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"High-pressure" Quotes from Famous Books — Triplanetary • Edward Elmer Smith — Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic • Henri Bergson — Diary in America, Series One • Frederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat) — Buttered Side Down • Edna Ferber — The Traveling Engineers' Association - To Improve The Locomotive Engine Service of American Railroads • Anonymous — Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 452 - Volume 18, New Series, August 28, 1852 • Various |
Words linked to "High-pressure" : aggressive, hard-hitting |
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