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low-pressure
[ loh-presh-er ]
adjective
- having or involving a low or below-normal pressure, as steam or water.
- without vigor or persistence; not forceful or aggressive:
a low-pressure campaign.
- quietly persuasive; subtle; indirect:
a low-pressure salesman.
low-pressure
adjective
- having, using, or involving a pressure below normal
a low-pressure gas
- relaxed or calm
Word History and Origins
Origin of low-pressure1
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Example Sentences
The Los Angeles area could see more significant rainfall Saturday as a low-pressure system moves in.
“We’re going to be really right back in winter here the next couple of days with two or three pretty cold low-pressure systems coming,” said Mike Wofford, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Oxnard.
A buckled jet stream is blocking low-pressure systems and preventing them from reaching the UK.
Another possible reason is that the low-pressure system spinning off the coast — where the westward Santa Ana winds are traveling — wobbled a little bit farther to the north than expected, Kittell said.
The final ingredient, which elevated the winds and wildfires from risky to ruinous, was a low-pressure system spinning up over the Gulf of California.
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