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Low-pressure adj.

Having, employing, or exerting, a low degree of pressure.

Same as easygoing, 4; as, a low-pressure salesman.

Synonyms: easygoing.

Low-pressure steam engine, a steam engine in which low steam is used; often applied to a condensing engine even when steam at high pressure is used. See Steam engine.

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Etymology of 'Low-pressure'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Low-pressure" Quotes from Famous Books

... the low-pressure cylinder, frowning portly from above, emitted a faint wheeze at every thrust, and except for that low hiss the engines worked their steel limbs headlong or slow with a silent, determined smoothness. And all this, the white walls, ...

— Typhoon • Joseph Conrad

Words linked to "Low-pressure" : nonaggressive