Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The mechanical pressure due to the impact of light-waves upon a body placed in their path. See pressure, 2 .
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Examples
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Her skin is a light-pressure red layered with a light-pressure brown, her hair is medium-pressure blue with medium-strong-pressure black overlaid.
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"Eh? We'll decelerate the same way we accelerated-with your light-pressure drive."
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Libby was explaining the consequences of his light-pressure drive to his new commanding officer.
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The drawback of the light-pressure drive is that it makes no difference what your previous course and speed may be; if you go inertialess in the near neighborhood of a star, its light pressure kicks you away from it like a cork hit by a stream of water.
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It was like the insanely enlarging head of a newborn comet, whose tail would be formed presently by light-pressure.
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Latterly, however, the authority of Arrhenius of Stockholm has lent vogue to a "light-pressure" hypothesis, according to which, cometary appendages are formed of particles driven from the sun by the mechanical stress of his radiations.
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The light-pressure varies with the surface of the particle upon which it is exercised; the gravitational attraction varies with the mass or volume.
The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture
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If we consider the behaviour of very small particles, it follows that the attraction due to gravitation (depending on the volume of the particle) will diminish more rapidly than the repulsion due to light-pressure (depending on the surface of the particle), as we decrease continually the size of the particle, since its volume diminishes more rapidly than its surface.
The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture
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Suggestive sketches of electrical and "light-pressure" theories of comets have been published respectively by M.. Fessenden of Alleghany, [1281] and by M. Arrhenius at
A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition
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There are five-cylinder engines on offer as well, including the highly energy-efficient second-generation D5 Volvo turbo-diesel and a petrol engine with a light-pressure turbocharger.
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