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low pressure
(low pres|sure)
noun
[
mass noun
]
1
a condition of the atmosphere in which the pressure is below average (e.g. in a depression):
areas of low pressure almost always bring rain
[
as modifier
]
:
low-pressure systems across the Alps
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