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sea-level pressure

[ see-lev-uhl ]

noun

  1. the atmospheric pressure, at any elevation, reduced by formula to a value approximating the pressure at sea level.

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This makes the heights, as a rule, about 800 feet lower than if 31 inches were taken as the normal sea-level pressure.

The cabin was pressurized, though it did not attempt to simulate sea-level pressure.

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