negative pressure

English

Noun

negative pressure (plural negative pressures)

1. Pressure that is less than normal atmospheric pressure
2. The tension in a liquid that is thermodynamically metastable with respect to the vapour phase; especially that in the xylem of vascular plants that allows transpiration to great heights

Translations

pressure that is less than normal atmospheric pressure

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 負壓／负压 (zh) (fùyā)

• German: Unterdruck (de) m
• Spanish: presión negativa f