Overpressure

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Overpressure \O"ver*pres"sure\, n.
     Excessive pressure or urging. --London Athenaeum.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  overpressure
       n : a transient air pressure greater than the surrounding
           atmospheric pressure; "the overpressure of the blast
           kills by lethal concussion"