Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun oil_pressure

1 sense of oil pressure

Sense 1
oil pressure -- (pressure that keeps oil on the moving parts of an internal-combustion engine)
       => pressure, pressure level, force per unit area -- (the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit); "the compressed gas exerts an increased pressure")