atmospheric pressure

[at-muhs-fer-ik presh-er, -feer-] / ˌæt məsˈfɛr ɪk ˈprɛʃ ər, -ˈfɪər- /

NOUN

air pressure

Synonyms

WEAK

barometric pressure

Example Sentences

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The phases can also be distinguished by differences in atmospheric pressure.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

You can see the atmospheric pressure drop pretty quick before noon.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

That assumption changed in the late 1980s when Georg Bednorz and Karl Alexander Müller discovered copper-oxide superconductors, also known as cuprates, that exhibited high-temperature superconductivity under normal atmospheric pressure.

From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2025

The title refers to the pressure inside a bottle of Champagne or Champagne-method sparkling wine: up to six times the average atmospheric pressure at sea level.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

This was, in effect a wind gun driven by atmospheric pressure and where the piston replaced the bullet.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton