10 Questions
What is pressure?
Force applied perpendicular to the surface of an object per unit area
Which unit is used to express pressure in the SI system?
Pascal (Pa)
What is gauge pressure relative to?
Ambient pressure
How are manometric units like centimetre of water and millimetre of mercury used to express pressure?
In terms of the height of a column of a particular fluid in a manometer
What is the traditional unit of pressure in the imperial and US customary systems?
Pound-force per square inch (psi)
What is the term for words used to express spatial or temporal relations?
Adpositions
What is the term for the phrase formed by a preposition or postposition together with its complement?
Prepositional phrase
Which type of language generally has prepositions rather than postpositions?
English
In which position does a preposition come in relation to its complement?
Before its complement
What are words like 'in', 'under', and 'of' classified as in English?
Prepositions
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