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Pressure, Defined

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Pressure is the force a gas exerts divided by the area over which that force acts.

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A gas pushing with equal force on a smaller container wall area produces a higher pressure.

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Pressure depends on area as much as force — a large force spread over a large area can still produce a small pressure.