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

1 sense of radiation pressure

Sense 1
radiation pressure, corpuscular-radiation pressure -- (the minute pressure exerted on a surface normal to the direction of propagation of a wave)
       => 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")