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Pressure is defined as
PHYSICS · Single correct · CBSE · Physics · Gravitation · Gravitation
Problem
Pressure is defined as (a)
force acting parallel to a surface per unit area
\text{force acting parallel to a surface per unit area}
force acting parallel to a surface per unit area
(b)
weight acting per unit area of the surface
\text{weight acting per unit area of the surface}
weight acting per unit area of the surface
(c)
thrust acting per unit area of a surface
\text{thrust acting per unit area of a surface}
thrust acting per unit area of a surface
(d)
1
2
thrust acting per unit area of a surface
\dfrac12\,\text{thrust acting per unit area of a surface}
2
1
thrust acting per unit area of a surface
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