Available Definitions:
1) n. - The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand.
2) n. - A contrasting force or impulse of any kind; as, the pressure of poverty; the pressure of taxes; the pressure of motives on the mind; the pressure of civilization.
3) n. - Affliction; distress; grievance.
4) n. - Urgency; as, the pressure of business.
5) n. - Impression; stamp; character impressed.
6) n. - The action of a force against some obstacle or opposing force; a force in the nature of a thrust, distributed over a surface, often estimated with reference to the upon a unit's area.