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air pressure vs sea-level pressure

sea-level pressure vs air pressure

air pressure and sea-level pressure both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
air pressure Yes No No No
sea-level pressure Yes No No No
As nouns, sea-level pressure is a hyponym of air pressure; that is, sea-level pressure is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than air pressure:
  • air pressure: the pressure exerted by the atmosphere
  • sea-level pressure: the atmospheric pressure reduced by a formula to the pressure at sea level
Other hyponyms of air pressure include barometric pressure, compartment pressure, overpressure.
air pressure (noun) sea-level pressure (noun)
the pressure exerted by the atmosphere the atmospheric pressure reduced by a formula to the pressure at sea level
Difference between air pressure and sea-level pressure

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