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Book publishing company
Microsoft Press is the publishing division of Microsoft, producing books related to Microsoft technologies. Its early publications included The Apple
Microsoft_Press
American multinational technology company
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington. The company became influential in the rise
Microsoft
Microsoft Office family of productivity software plus services, and the Visual Studio IDE. The company also publishes books (through Microsoft Press)
List_of_Microsoft_software
American video game publisher
Xbox Game Studios (previously known as Microsoft Studios, Microsoft Game Studios, and Microsoft Games) is an American video game publisher based in Redmond
Xbox_Game_Studios
Spreadsheet editor by Microsoft
Microsoft Excel, or simply Excel, is a spreadsheet editor developed by Microsoft for Windows, macOS, Android, iOS and iPadOS. It features calculation or
Microsoft_Excel
Suite of office software
developed by Microsoft. The first version of the Office suite, announced by Bill Gates on August 1, 1988, at COMDEX, contained Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel
Microsoft_Office
Diagramming and vector graphics software application
Microsoft Visio (/ˈvɪz.i.oʊ/, VIZ-ee-oh), formerly Microsoft Office Visio, is a diagramming and vector graphics application and is part of the Microsoft
Microsoft_Visio
Team collaboration application
Microsoft Teams is a team collaboration platform developed by Microsoft as part of the Microsoft 365 suite. It offers features such as workspace chat,
Microsoft_Teams
Computer operating system
Windows is a proprietary operating system developed by Microsoft. Windows is grouped into families that cater to particular sectors of the computing industry
Microsoft_Windows
Subsystem shipped with the first versions of Windows NT
Microsoft POSIX subsystem is one of four subsystems shipped with the first versions of Windows NT, the other three being the Win32 subsystem which provided
Microsoft_POSIX_subsystem
Microsoft video game console
The Xbox 360 is a home video game console developed by Microsoft, being the successor to the original Xbox and the second console in the Xbox series.
Xbox_360
Web browser developed by Microsoft
Microsoft Edge is a proprietary cross-platform web browser created by Microsoft and based on the Chromium open-source project, superseding Edge Legacy
Microsoft_Edge
This is a history of the various versions of Microsoft Office, consisting of a bundle of several different applications which changed over time. This
History_of_Microsoft_Office
Shell for Windows NT and other operating systems
at Microsoft. The Free Press. ISBN 0-02-935671-7. Douglas McConnaughey Boling (2001). Programming Microsoft Windows CE (2nd ed.). Microsoft Press. ISBN 978-0735614437
Cmd.exe
Website editing and administration tool
Microsoft Office FrontPage is a discontinued WYSIWYG HTML editor and website administration tool from Microsoft for the Microsoft Windows line of operating
Microsoft_FrontPage
Corporate headquarters of Microsoft
The Microsoft campus is the corporate headquarters of Microsoft Corporation, located in Redmond, Washington, United States, a part of the Seattle metropolitan
Microsoft_campus
Microsoft webmail service
Outlook.com, formerly Hotmail, is a free personal email service offered by Microsoft. It also provides a webmail interface accessible via web browser or mobile
Outlook.com
Structure of the operating system
architecture of Windows NT, a line of operating systems produced and sold by Microsoft, is a layered design that consists of two main components, user mode and
Architecture_of_Windows_NT
Remove power from a computer's main components in a controlled way
Windows Command-Line Administrator's Pocket Consultant, 2nd Edition. Microsoft Press. ISBN 978-0735622623. John Paul Mueller (2010). Windows Command Line
Shutdown_(computing)
Family of database software by Microsoft
Microsoft SQL Server is a proprietary relational database management system developed by Microsoft using Structured Query Language (SQL, often pronounced
Microsoft_SQL_Server
Vendor-neutral file system, used in practice for DVDs and other optical discs
Support table Microsoft Corporation (January 1998). "Chapter 10 – Disks and File Systems". Microsoft Windows 98 Resource Kit. Microsoft Press. p. 442.
Universal_Disk_Format
1992 Microsoft operating system version
Windows 3.1 is a consumer-oriented operating system developed by Microsoft, released to manufacturing on April 6, 1992. Unlike its predecessors, which
Windows_3.1
Subscription services offered by Microsoft
Microsoft 365 (previously called Office 365) is a product family of productivity software, collaboration and cloud-based services owned by Microsoft. It
Microsoft_365
Web search engine developed by Microsoft
Microsoft Bing (also known simply as Bing) is a search engine owned and operated by Microsoft, and developed by Microsoft AI. The service traces its roots
Microsoft_Bing
Word processor
Microsoft Word, or simply Word, is a word processing program developed by Microsoft. It was first released on October 25, 1983, under the original name
Microsoft_Word
Series of flight simulator software
Microsoft Flight Simulator is a series of flight simulation video games for MS-DOS, Classic Mac OS, and Microsoft Windows operating systems. It was an
Microsoft_Flight_Simulator
1989 computer programming book
series written by Michael Halvorson and David Rygmyr, published by Microsoft Press. The primers introduced computer programming concepts to students and
Learn_BASIC_Now
Workflow management method
Cooperandi Press. ISBN 9780578002149. Brechner, Eric (2015). Agile Project Management with Kanban. Developer Best Practices. United States: Microsoft Press. ISBN 978-0735698956
Kanban_(development)
Software that hides details of hardware access
Abstraction Layer (HAL)". Microsoft. 31 October 2006. Retrieved 25 August 2007. Custer, Helen (1993), Inside Windows NT, Microsoft Press, Bibcode:1993iwn..book
Hardware_abstraction
Symbol representing the word "and" (&)
11 November 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2010. Microsoft QuickBASIC: Programming in BASIC. Microsoft Press. 1988. pp. 34–36. ISBN 978-1556150401. "Commodore
Ampersand
Interactive surface computing platform by Microsoft
Microsoft PixelSense (formerly called Microsoft Surface) was an interactive surface computing platform that allowed one or more people to use and touch
Microsoft_PixelSense
Components of Microsoft Windows
Services in Windows Server 2008 and earlier, is one of the components of Microsoft Windows that allow a user to initiate and control an interactive session
Remote_Desktop_Services
Anti-malware software
Microsoft Defender Antivirus (formerly Windows Defender) is an antivirus software component for Microsoft Windows and mobile. It was first released as
Microsoft_Defender_Antivirus
2009 Microsoft operating system version
7 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. It was released to manufacturing on July 22, 2009, and became generally
Windows_7
Windows OS object-oriented library
Magazine. Vol. 22, no. 6. Microsoft. ISSN 1528-4859. Microsoft (1995). Microsoft Visual C++: Programming with MFC (2 ed.). Microsoft Press. ISBN 9781556159213
Microsoft Foundation Class Library
Microsoft_Foundation_Class_Library
Disk diagnostic utility for MS-DOS and Windows 9x
Microsoft ScanDisk (also called ScanDisk) is a diagnostic utility program included in MS-DOS and Windows 9x. It checks and repairs file systems errors
Microsoft_ScanDisk
Office suite by Microsoft released in 1995
Microsoft Office 95 (version 7.0) is the fourth major release of the Microsoft Office office suite for Windows systems, released by Microsoft on August
Microsoft_Office_95
Cross-platform shell based on .NET technology
PowerShell is a shell program developed by Microsoft for task automation and configuration management. As is typical for a shell, it provides a command-line
PowerShell
Microsoft is a computer technology corporation founded on April 4, 1975, by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. It is
History_of_Microsoft
Computing terms for disk partitions
Tulloch, Mitch; Tulloch, Ingrid (2002). Microsoft Encyclopedia of Networking (2nd ed.). Redmond, WA: Microsoft Press. ISBN 0-7356-1378-8. Russinovich, Mark
System partition and boot partition
System_partition_and_boot_partition
Implementation of Microsoft's event-driven programming language Visual Basic 6
(VBA) is an implementation of Microsoft's event-driven programming language Visual Basic 6.0 built into most desktop Microsoft Office applications. Although
Visual_Basic_for_Applications
2001 Microsoft operating system version
Windows XP (stylized as Windowsxp) is a major release of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system. It was released to manufacturing on August 24, 2001
Windows_XP
Microsoft operating system family
Windows NT is a proprietary graphical operating system produced by Microsoft as part of its Windows product line, originally released for the workstation
Windows_NT
Integrated development environment product
Microsoft Visual C++ (MSVC) is a compiler for the C, C++, C++/CLI and C++/CX programming languages by Microsoft. MSVC is proprietary software; it was
Microsoft_Visual_C++
Command to change the working directory
2020. Wolverton, Van (1990). MS-DOS Commands: Microsoft Quick Reference, 4th Revised edition. Microsoft Press. ISBN 978-1-55615-289-4. John Paul Mueller
Cd_(command)
Directory service, created by Microsoft for Windows domain networks
Active Directory (AD) is a directory service developed by Microsoft for Windows domain networks. Windows Server operating systems include it as a set
Active_Directory
Computer bugs related to the year 2000
suggested, they were largely ignored by the media. In a similar vein, the Microsoft Press book Running Office 2000 Professional, published in May 1999, accurately
Year_2000_problem
Formerly published document by Microsoft
The Microsoft Manual of Style: Your Everyday Guide to Usage, Terminology, and Style for Professional Technical Communications (MSTP), in former editions
Microsoft_Manual_of_Style
1999 book by Charles Petzold
(2000). Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software. Microsoft Press. ISBN 0-7356-1131-9. Petzold, Charles (10 June 2022). "Announcing "Code"
Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
Code:_The_Hidden_Language_of_Computer_Hardware_and_Software
Creation and maintenance of software
ISBN 978-1-4471-6799-0. McCarthy, Jim (1995). Dynamics of Software Development. Microsoft Press. ISBN 1556158238. Morris, Joseph M. (2001). Software industry accounting
Software_development
Microsoft computer operating system
Microsoft Disk Operating System, also known as Microsoft DOS) is an operating system for x86-based personal computers mostly developed by Microsoft.
MS-DOS
IDE for the BASIC programming language
Microsoft QuickBASIC (also QB) is an Integrated Development Environment (or IDE) and compiler for the BASIC programming language that was developed by
QuickBASIC
Versions of Windows XP
disabled by default. According to a Microsoft press release, Windows XP Starter is "a low-cost introduction to the Microsoft Windows XP operating system designed
Windows_XP_editions
Database for Microsoft Windows
Registry is a hierarchical database that stores low-level settings for the Microsoft Windows operating system and for applications that opt to use the registry
Windows_Registry
Component of Microsoft Windows operating systems
Winlogon (Windows Logon) is the component of Microsoft Windows operating systems that is responsible for handling the secure attention sequence, loading
Winlogon
World Chess Championship match intended to be played in 1975
Winning Chess Strategies. Microsoft Press. ISBN 978-1857443851. Seirawan, Yasser (2003). Winning Chess Brilliancies. Microsoft Press. ISBN 9781857443479. Goodman
World_Chess_Championship_1975
Command in various operating systems
2020-09-14. Wolverton, Van (1990). MS-DOS Commands: Microsoft Quick Reference, 4th Revised edition. Microsoft Press. ISBN 978-1556152894. Kathy Ivens; Brian Proffit
Del_(command)
API of the MS-DOS operating system
(1988). Advanced MS-DOS Programming: The Microsoft Guide for Assembly Language and C Programmers. Microsoft Press. ISBN 0914845772. Allen, Paul; Gates, Bill;
DOS_API
Set of software resources by Microsoft
Resource Kit is a term used by Microsoft for a set of software resources and documentation released for their software products, but which is not part
Resource_Kit
CD-ROM reference collection by Microsoft
Microsoft Bookshelf is a discontinued reference collection introduced in 1987 as part of Microsoft's promotion of CD-ROM technology as a distribution medium
Microsoft_Bookshelf
Informal guidelines used by software developers
information design) McConnell, Steve (2004). Code Complete. Redmond, Wash.: Microsoft Press. p. [page needed]. ISBN 978-0-7356-9125-4. OCLC 61315783. Sommerville
Coding_best_practices
American filmmaker (born 1964)
Retrieved November 27, 2025. Kaye, Darryl (June 4, 2012). "E3 2012: Microsoft Press Conference Live Blog". GamingUnion. Archived from the original on June
Gore_Verbinski
Console application program
(DHCP) and Domain Name System (DNS) settings. The command is available in Microsoft Windows, ReactOS, and in Apple macOS. The ReactOS version was developed
Ipconfig
1990 Microsoft operating system version
Windows 3.0 is the third major release of Microsoft Windows, a family of graphical user shells and operating systems, launched on May 22, 1990. It introduces
Windows_3.0
Number used by operating system kernels to identify an active process
Solomon (2005), "Chapter 2: System Architecture", Microsoft Windows Internals (4th ed.), Microsoft Press, p. 76, ISBN 0-7356-1917-4 Chen, Raymond (2008-02-28)
Process_identifier
Proprietary file system developed by Microsoft
File System (NTFS) is a proprietary journaling file system developed by Microsoft in the 1990s. It was developed to overcome scalability, security and other
NTFS
Data center monitoring system for operating systems
rights of the product to Microsoft in October 2000. It was later renamed into Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) - in 2003, Microsoft began work on the next
System Center Operations Manager
System_Center_Operations_Manager
Presentation application, part of Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Office
Microsoft PowerPoint, or simply PowerPoint, is a presentation program developed by Microsoft. It was originally created by Robert Gaskins, Tom Rudkin,
Microsoft_PowerPoint
Calendaring and mail server
Microsoft Exchange Server is a mail server and calendaring server developed by Microsoft. It runs exclusively on Windows Server operating systems. The
Microsoft_Exchange_Server
Microsoft is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports
List of mergers and acquisitions by Microsoft
List_of_mergers_and_acquisitions_by_Microsoft
Series of personal computers, tablets and interactive whiteboards by Microsoft
Microsoft Surface is a family of touchscreen-based personal computer, tablet, and interactive whiteboard hardware products designed and developed by Microsoft
Microsoft_Surface
1998 Microsoft operating system version
consumer-oriented operating system developed by Microsoft as part of its Windows 9x line of Microsoft Windows, a family of operating systems. It was the
Windows_98
Disk encryption software for Microsoft Windows
BitLocker is a full volume encryption feature included with Microsoft Windows versions starting with Windows Vista. It is designed to protect data by
BitLocker
1999 Microsoft operating system version
2000 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft, targeting the server and business markets. It is the direct successor
Windows_2000
Microsoft Gaming is a multinational video game and digital entertainment division of Microsoft. It creates video games for various platforms, including
List_of_Microsoft_video_games
American computer programmer
A Guide to the Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation (Microsoft Press, 2006) Programming Microsoft Windows Forms (Microsoft Press, 2005; 384 pages)
Charles_Petzold
1980 video game
Cambridge: MIT Press. p. 181. ISBN 0-262-02492-6. Lammers, Susan M. (1986). Programmers at Work: Interviews. New York: Microsoft Press. p. 266. ISBN 0-914845-71-3
Pac-Man
Photo editing application
Microsoft Picture It! is a discontinued photo editing application created by Microsoft. Microsoft acquired the intellectual property rights and full U
Microsoft_Picture_It!
Online advertising service
Microsoft Advertising, also known as Microsoft Ads (formerly Bing Ads) is an online advertising platform developed by Microsoft, where advertisers bid
Microsoft_Advertising
1986 computer programming book
from the early personal computer era. The interviews, published by Microsoft Press in 1986, were designed to capture the personalities and driving forces
Programmers_at_Work
Command in various command line shells
2016-05-09. Wolverton, Van (1990). MS-DOS Commands: Microsoft Quick Reference, 4th Revised edition. Microsoft Press. ISBN 978-1556152894. Kathy Ivens; Brian Proffit
Help_(command)
Windows utility which defragments a hard drive
Microsoft Drive Optimizer (formerly Disk Defragmenter) is a utility in Microsoft Windows designed to increase data access speed by rearranging files stored
Microsoft_Drive_Optimizer
Layer of protection in computer systems
Russinovich, Mark E.; David A. Solomon (2005). Microsoft Windows Internals (4 ed.). Microsoft Press. pp. 16. ISBN 978-0-7356-1917-3. Russinovich, Mark
Protection_ring
Type of subroutine
(1994). Inside Microsoft Windows 95 (2nd ed.). Redmond, Washington, USA: Microsoft Press. ISBN 1-55615-626-X. Programmer's Guide to Microsoft Windows 95:
Thunk
The following is a list of Microsoft Windows components. This list is not all-inclusive. Direct3D DirectDraw DirectInput DirectMusic DirectPlay DirectShow
List of Microsoft Windows components
List_of_Microsoft_Windows_components
General-purpose programming language
ISO/IEC (ISO/IEC 23270 and 20619) in 2003. Microsoft introduced C# along with .NET Framework and Microsoft Visual Studio, both of which are, technically
C Sharp (programming language)
C_Sharp_(programming_language)
Discontinued Java virtual machine
The Microsoft Java Virtual Machine (MSJVM) is a discontinued proprietary Java virtual machine from Microsoft. It was first made available for Internet
Microsoft Java Virtual Machine
Microsoft_Java_Virtual_Machine
Chain of retail stores and online shopping site operated by Microsoft
Microsoft Store was a chain of retail stores and is an online shopping site, owned and operated by Microsoft and dealing in computers, computer software
Microsoft_Store_(retail)
Concept in project and disaster management
McConnell, S (2006). Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art. Microsoft Press. p. 38. "Definition of the NHC Track Forecast Cone". NHC - National
Cone_of_uncertainty
American technology writer and historian
an American historian, technology writer, and professor. He worked at Microsoft Corporation from 1985 to 1993 during the formative years of the personal
Michael_Halvorson
Utility to query the Domain Name System
Windows Command-Line Administrator's Pocket Consultant, 2nd Edition. Microsoft Press. ISBN 978-0735622623. Wikiversity has learning resources about Nslookup
Nslookup
American businessman and philanthropist (born 1955)
he co-founded the software company Microsoft in 1975 with his childhood friend Paul Allen. Following Microsoft's initial public offering in 1986 and
Bill_Gates
Microsoft command to clear the screen
2019-08-13. Wolverton, Van (1990). MS-DOS Commands: Microsoft Quick Reference, 4th Revised edition. Microsoft Press. ISBN 978-1556152894. Kathy Ivens; Brian Proffit
CLS_(command)
1993 book by Steve McConnell
development book, written by Steve McConnell and published in 1993 by Microsoft Press, encouraging developers to continue past code-and-fix programming and
Code_Complete
1985 Microsoft operating system version
major release of Microsoft Windows, a family of graphical user shells and operating systems for personal computers developed by Microsoft. It was first released
Windows_1.0
Spanish-born American software engineer
and author who serves as CTO of Microsoft Azure. He was a cofounder of software producers Winternals before Microsoft acquired it in 2006. Russinovich
Mark_Russinovich
Several Microsoft email products
Microsoft Mail (or MS Mail or MSM) was the name given to several early Microsoft e-mail products for local area networks, primarily two architectures:
Microsoft_Mail
Microsoft technology for storage snapshots
Service, Volume Shadow Copy Service or VSS) is a technology included in Microsoft Windows that can create backup copies or snapshots of computer files or
Shadow_Copy
Microsoft codenames are given by Microsoft to products it has in development before these products are given the names by which they appear on store shelves
List_of_Microsoft_codenames
Business analysis and software development technique
Karl; Beatty, Joy (2013). Software Requirements. Washington, USA: Microsoft Press. pp. 320–321. ISBN 978-0-7356-7966-5. McIntyre, John (October 20, 2016)
MoSCoW_method
MICROSOFT PRESS
MICROSOFT PRESS
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Priest.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metonymic occupational name for someone who ironed clothes, from Yiddish pres ‘flat iron’.
Girl/Female
Biblical
Digging, a wine-press.
Girl/Female
Biblical
A wine-press.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Prestwood.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Priestley.Americanized form of German Pressler.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Middle English prest ‘priest’, i.e. ‘son of the priest’.French : occupational name for a presser of wine or oil, from a derivative of presser ‘to press’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Priestley.Americanized form of German Pressler.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Old French prestre ‘priest’.German : derogatory nickname for a bully or tyrant, from an agent noun derivative of pressen ‘to oppress’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name for someone who did ironing, from Yiddish pres ‘flat iron’ + the agent noun suffix -er.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Presnell.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Priestley.Americanized form of German Pressler.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly West Midlands)
English (chiefly West Midlands) : metonymic occupational name for a fuller, from Middle English tred(en) ‘to tread’ + well ‘well’. Fulling was the process by which newly woven cloth was cleaned and shrunk by the use of heat, water, and pressure (from treading) before finally being stretched and laid out to dry on tenter hooks.
Girl/Female
Biblical
Purity, cleansing, press.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Presnell.
Girl/Female
Biblical
Pressed down, worn, fastened.
Boy/Male
Biblical
Men of Gath; ie. of a wine-press.
Girl/Female
Biblical
The high wine-press.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English prest ‘priest’ + hay, hey ‘enclosure’; a topographic name for someone who lived by a piece of enclosed church land, or a habitational name from a minor place such as Priesthaywood Farm in Wappenham, Northamptonshire.
Boy/Male
Biblical
The pressing; the meditation of God.
Girl/Female
Biblical
A wine-press.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a priest’s servant, from Middle English pr(i)est ‘priest’, ‘minister’ + man ‘man’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name for someone who did ironing and pressing of clothes, from Yiddish pres ‘flat iron’ + man ‘man’.
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MICROSOFT PRESS
Girl/Female
Australian, Danish, German, Swedish, Swiss
Grace; Favor
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Kindness; Grace; Blessing
Boy/Male
Muslim
Planner, Designer, One who designs
Girl/Female
Australian, Christian, French, Hebrew, Jewish
Father of Dew
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Indian, Irish, Latin, Swedish
Gracious; Form of Anna; God has Favoured Me; Friendly; Grace; Favour; Mercy
Boy/Male
Tamil
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Lord Ganesh
Girl/Female
Assamese, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu
Goddess Durga
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Robin 1.
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Pleased
Surname or Lastname
English (East Midlands)
English (East Midlands) : from the Middle English personal name Thurmond, Old Norse þormundr, composed of the elements þórr, name of the Norse god of thunder (see Thor) + mundr ‘protection’. Reaney and Wilson suggest that, Thurmond having been an uncommon personal name, this surname may also represent the commoner name Thurmod, Thormod with the second element derived from Old Norse móþr ‘mind’, ‘courage’, but assimilated to -mund (a common second element in other compound names).German (Thurmann) : habitational name for someone from a place called Thur (see Thur).German (Thurmann) : occupational name for a watchman, from Middle Low German torn(e)man (torn(e) ‘tower’) or Middle High German turn, turm ‘tower’ + man ‘man’.Respelling of Jewish (from Ukraine) Turman, a nickname from Yiddish turman ‘inconstant man’.
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n.
One who presses clothes; as, a tailor's pressman.
n.
One who manages, or attends to, a press, esp. a printing press.
pl.
of Pressman
a.
Causing, or giving rise to, pressure or to an increase of pressure; as, pressor nerve fibers, stimulation of which excites the vasomotor center, thus causing a stronger contraction of the arteries and consequently an increase of the arterial blood pressure; -- opposed to depressor.
v. t.
To pack, or prepare for packing, by means of a press.
a.
Having small teeth.
a.
Of or pertaining to the pressirosters.
n.
Pressure.
n.
The art of printing from the surface of type, plates, or engravings in relief, by means of a press; the work so done.
n.
Urgency; as, the pressure of business.
n.
The juice of the grape extracted by the press; also, a fee paid for the use of a wine press.
a.
Pressing; urgent; also, oppressive; as, pressive taxation.
a.
Fig.: Urgent; intense; as, a high-pressure business or social life.
n.
One of a press gang, who aids in forcing men into the naval service; also, one forced into the service.
n.
A measure of electro-motive force; the millionth part of one volt.
n.
A contrasting force or impulse of any kind; as, the pressure of poverty; the pressure of taxes; the pressure of motives on the mind; the pressure of civilization.
a.
Having or involving a pressure greatly exceeding that of the atmosphere; -- said of steam, air, water, etc., and of steam, air, or hydraulic engines, water wheels, etc.
n.
One of a tribe of wading birds (Pressirostres) including those which have a compressed beak, as the plovers.
a.
Having, employing, or exerting, a low degree of pressure.
n.
The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand.