counterpressure

counterpressure

English

Etymology

counter- +‎ pressure

Noun

counterpressure (countable and uncountable, plural counterpressures)

1. Pressure applied in one direction to counterbalance pressure from another.
   • 2007 May 25, William Grimes, “Gone With the Windmill Farms, or, a Cape Cod Cautionary Tale”, in New York Times‎:

     Gradually, as the furor over Cape Wind gained national attention (in part because of an article in The New York Times Magazine), environmental groups like Greenpeace and powerful politicians in favor of alternative energy projects began to apply effective counterpressure. Mr. Cronkite, after sitting down and talking over the project with Mr. Gordon, withdrew his opposition.

Verb

counterpressure (third-person singular simple present counterpressures, present participle counterpressuring, simple past and past participle counterpressured)

1. (transitive) To apply pressure to (something) in one direction to counterbalance pressure from another.