overpressure

English

Etymology

over- +‎ pressure

Noun

overpressure (countable and uncountable, plural overpressures)

excess or markedly elevated pressure, especially a transient high pressure due to a shock wave
- 1904, trans. unknown, Wilhelm von Leube, Julius L. Salinger (ed.), Medical Diagnosis, page 101
  ... or whether the bronchiectatic cavity is due principally to a yielding of the bronchial walls to the inspiratory and expiratory pressure, to the overpressure of the engorging secretion, ...
- 1997, Task Committee on Blast Resistant Design, Design of Blast Resistant Buildings in Petrochemical Facilities, ASCE, page 3-14
  The walls facing the explosion will experience a reflected overpressure.
- 2004, Peter Smith & R.W. Zappe, Valve Selection Handbook 5th ed, Elsevier, p191
  Figure 5-19 shows a breather valve that carries separately a direct-loaded vacuum relief value and an overpressure relief valve.

Translations

excess or markedly elevated pressure

Czech: přetlak (cs) m
Finnish: ylipaine (fi)
German: Überdruck (de) m

Italian: sovrappressione f
Norwegian: overtrykk n
Spanish: sobrepresión f

Verb

overpressure (third-person singular simple present overpressures, present participle overpressuring, simple past and past participle overpressured)

To subject to a high pressure

Antonyms

underpressure