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restrictionnounA regulation or limitation that restricts.
handnounThe part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals.
antiflownounThat prevents the unwanted flow of a fluid
gage pressurenoun(physics, meteorology, US) Alternative form of gauge pressure. [(physics, meteorology) The absolute pressure minus the atmospheric pressure.]
headnoun(countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
resistancenounThe act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
venturi effectnoun(physics, fluid mechanics) The reduction in fluid pressure that results when a fluid flows through a constriction.
pulse pressurenoun(physiology) The difference between systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure.
hydrostatic paradoxnounThe proposition in hydrostatics that any quantity of water, however small, may be made to counterbalance any weight, however great; or the law of the equality of pressure of fluids in all directions.
bernoulli effectnoun(fluid dynamics) In a flowing fluid, the occurrence of what is stated by Bernoulli's principle.
pressure gradient forcenounThe force resulting from a pressure gradient
counterjetnoun(physics) An opposing jet.
relative pressurenoun(physics, meteorology) Synonym of gauge pressure.
barotropynoun(physics) The state of a fluid in which density is directly proportional to pressure
suctionnounThe process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another.
bernoulli's principlenoun(fluid dynamics) The principle which states that an increase in the speed of a fluid occurs simultaneously with a decrease in static pressure or a decrease in the fluid's potential energy.
supercounterfluidnoun(physics) A form of Bose-Einstein condensate that opposes the flow of a superfluid
back actionnoun(physics, quantum mechanics) The effect of a detector on the measurement being recorded.
shearnounA cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger.
frictionnounThe rubbing of one object or surface against another.

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