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overpressure
DEFINITIONS OF:
overpressure
1
n
a transient air pressure greater than the surrounding atmospheric pressure
“the
overpressure
of the blast kills by lethal concussion”
Type of:
air pressure
,
atmospheric pressure
,
pressure
the pressure exerted by the atmosphere
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