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Noun: radiation pressure  ,rey-dee'ey-shun 'pre-shu(r)
  1. The minute pressure exerted on a surface normal to the direction of propagation of a wave
    - corpuscular-radiation pressure

Derived forms: radiation pressures

Type of: force per unit area, pressure, pressure level

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