overpressure

== English == === Etymology === From over- +‎ pressure. === Pronunciation === === 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 ==== === 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