RADIATION PRESSURE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The minute pressure exerted on a surface normal to the direction of propagation of a wave

Synonyms:

corpuscular-radiation pressure; radiation pressure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("radiation pressure" is a kind of...):

force per unit area; pressure; pressure level (the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "radiation pressure"):

acoustic radiation pressure ((acoustics) the pressure exerted on a surface normal to the direction of propagation of a sound wave)