negative pressure

noun

Definitions

  1. Pressure that is less than normal atmospheric pressure

  2. The tension in a liquid that is thermodynamically metastable with respect to the vapour…

    The tension in a liquid that is thermodynamically metastable with respect to the vapour phase; especially that in the xylem of vascular plants that allows transpiration to great heights

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