Pressure Characteristic: The pattern of the pressure change during the specified period of time, usually the three hour period preceding an observation. This is recorded in three categories: falling, rising, or steady.

 

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Pressure Characteristic: The pattern of the pressure change during the specified period of time, usually the three hour period preceding an observation. This is recorded in three categories: falling, rising, or steady.

Pressure Tendency: The pressure characteristic and amount of pressure change during a specified time period, usually the three hour period preceding the observation.

Pressure Transducer: Outputs electrical signal proportional to pressure.

Pressure-Treated Wood: Lumber that has been saturated with a preservative.

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Pressure Gradient: The amount of pressure change that occurs over a fixed distance at a fixed altitude.

Pressure Gauge: A water level gauge that is operated by the change in pressure at the bottom of a body of water due to the rise and fall of the water level. See gas purged pressure gauge.