SINCE 1828
dynamic pressure
nounDefinition of dynamic pressure
1
: the pressure on a surface at which a flowing fluid is brought to rest in excess of the pressure on it when the fluid is not flowing
2
: the quantity of air measured by most airspeed instruments and equal to the product ¹/₂ ρV2 where ρ is the density of the air and V is the relative speed of the air
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