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High Pressure
/haɪ ˈprɛʃər/noun / adjective
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High pressure primarily refers to a physical state where force per unit area is significantly above normal, such as in atmospheric systems or industrial processes, leading to effects like weather stability or material compression. In modern contexts, it also metaphorically describes intense stress or coercive tactics in social and professional settings, highlighting how everyday language borrows from science to convey urgency.
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In the Earth's mantle, pressures can reach over 1.3 million times that of the atmosphere at sea level, enabling the formation of diamonds from carbon—a process that takes billions of years and is replicated in labs to create synthetic gems worth millions annually.
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