Grizzlies are right behind them with a bite force of 1,160 psi.—Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 6 Sep. 2023 Atmospheric pressure at sea level is 14.7 psi, according to NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.—Shannon Sollitt, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Sep. 2023 The tubes are then filled with water at a pressure of 5000 psi, which forces them into their four-by-six-inch rectangular configuration.—Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 7 Sep. 2023 The paint is a standard exterior grade latex paint in a 5 gallon bucket on the ground where a 3,300 psi airless paint compressor pumps the material via a tether (the blue hose) to the drone.—Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Apr. 2018 The inflator can handle a maximum inflation pressure of 150 psi, with high-pressure and high-volume inflation modes for tackling different jobs, including filling up vehicle tires and air mattresses.—Brandon Russell, Popular Mechanics, 28 June 2023 And one computer modeling study has estimated that a relatively large great white shark could sink its teeth into prey with a force of almost 4,000 psi.—Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American, 21 June 2023 Several of us wondered if somehow the tires had been inflated to, say, 60 psi.—Steven Cole Smith, Car and Driver, 6 July 2023 That’s why the pressure at sea level is often characterized as one atmosphere, a unit equivalent to almost 15 pounds per square inch (psi).—Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American, 21 June 2023
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Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English, from Medieval Latin, from Late Greek, from Greek psei
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