Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A transient air pressure, such as the shock wave from an explosion, that is greater than the surrounding atmospheric pressure.
- noun Geology Pore or subsurface pressure that exceeds normal hydrostatic pressure at a given depth.
- transitive verb To cause or subject to overpressure.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Excessive pressure.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Excessive pressure or urging.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
excess or markedlyelevated pressure , especially atransient high pressure due to ashock wave - verb To subject to a high pressure
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a transient air pressure greater than the surrounding atmospheric pressure
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Examples
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In addition to heavy air filters, the M-1A1s are equipped with "overpressure" -- positive air pressure inside the tanks that would keep contaminated air out in the event they are holed during a CW bombardment.
The Wrong Tanks 2008
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"overpressure" effect caused by using grenades indoors or at close range.
GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2009
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Imagine the deafening report of a mortar as it strikes the ground a 150 feet in front of you, the overpressure enough to shatter your teeth and perforate an ear drum.
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Most of the time the most accurate load is NOT the max load, go by the book, all guns are not always equal with the same load, Ive had overpressure loads with below max powder charges.
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After reducing several times and still seeing overpressure signs, I found the Federal GM215M primer to be the culprit.
An Expert Gunsmith on Over-Pressure Rounds and Exploding Handguns 2009
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Imagine the deafening report of a mortar as it strikes the ground a 150 feet in front of you, the overpressure enough to shatter your teeth and perforate an ear drum.
Think Progress » Romney Struggles To Distance RomneyCare From ObamaCare: Ours Was ‘Bipartisan’ 2010
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Most of the time the most accurate load is NOT the max load, go by the book, all guns are not always equal with the same load, Ive had overpressure loads with below max powder charges.
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Therefore even if the capsule can be built to survive the overpressure of the shock front it still is unclear whether it could survive the 2nd stage debris field.
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A liquid fueled booster whose thrust you cut by engine shutdown during ascent abort, or whose structural failure and fireball on the pad takes a second to happen, is a lot easier than a solid booster which can just out and out mechanically explode from overpressure on the pad and which won't stop thrust on ascent, therefore requiring more energy to get away from.
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The blast overpressure and fragments are going to get them.
tankhughes commented on the word overpressure
No David Bowie or Freddie Mercury song about this one.
November 15, 2022