atmospheric pressure explanation
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Atmospheric pressure, also called barometric pressure, force per unit area exerted by an atmospheric column ( that is, the entire body of air above the specified area)
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Atmospheric pressure is defined as the force per unit area exerted against a surface by the weight of the air above that surface..
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the pressure exerted by the earth's atmosphere at any given point, being the product of the mass of the atmospheric column of the unit area above the given point and of the gravitational acceleration at the given point......
a value of standard or normal atmospheric pressure, equivalent to the pressure exerted by a column of mercury 29.92 inches (760 mm) high, or 1013 millibars (101.3 kilopascals).
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