English-Czech translations for pressure

• tlak
  Mírný a zdvořilý nebo maximální možný tlak? Moderate and polite pressure or maximum pressure?
  Navzdory tomu musíme vyvinout tlak, veškerý možný tlak. We must nevertheless exert pressure, all the pressure we can.
  Z tohoto hlediska neexistuje žádný tlak. In that sense, there is no pressure.
• tlakový
  Dnes je Itálie jako tlakový hrnec. Italy is a pressure cooker right now.
  Jde o nátlakový nástroj, který je těžko přesně popsat. This is an instrument of pressure that is difficult to capture precisely.
  Prozatím byl tlakový hrnec uzavřen poklicí. For now, a lid has been put on the pressure-cooker.

Definition of pressure

• A pressing; a force applied to a surface
• A contrasting force or impulse of any kind
• Distress
• Urgency
• Impression; stamp; character impressed
• The amount of force that is applied over a given area divided by the size of this area
• To encourage or heavily exert force or influence

Examples

• Apply pressure to the wound to stop the bleeding.
• the pressure of poverty; the pressure of taxes; the pressure of motives on the mind; the pressure of civilization.
• She has felt pressure lately because her boss expects her to get the job done by the first
• the pressure of business
• Do not let anyone pressure you into buying something you do not want.

Related words

• high-pressure
• acupressure
• overpressure
• underpressure
• backpressure
• pressurestat
• pressure-gauge
• pressure washer
• pressure reducing valve