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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Pressure lower than a given reference pressure, generally causing suction rather than exerting an outward pushing force.
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- noun Pressure that is less than normal
atmospheric pressure - noun The
tension in aliquid that isthermodynamically metastable with respect to thevapour phase ; especially that in thexylem ofvascular plants that allowstranspiration to great heights
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