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What does the term force per unit area called?


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Pressure:

  1. Force per unit area is called pressure.
  2. Pressure is defined as the force applied perpendicular to an object's surface per unit area over which that force is distributed.
  3. The gauge pressure is the pressure in caomparison to the atmospheric pressure.

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