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What does high-pressure mean?

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Adjective
  1. Operating with high pressures, such as several times atmospheric pressure but relative.
  2. Tense, stressful.
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The light source of the system is a high-pressure xenon arc lamp with a fast-scanning polychromator.
The rotating air mass creates a high-pressure system throughout the region.
If populations are low, a high-pressure garden hose can be used to wash the lace bugs off the plant.
In contrast to parts of the External Hellenides, the Menderes nappes do not show Tertiary high-pressure metamorphism.
On September 25 police launched tear-gas barrages and high-pressure water cannon against demonstrating social security workers in downtown Lima.
In winter, sea water is electrically heated and the steam is compressed as high-pressure vapour circulated through radiators.

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