pressure release
Letting off steam
Pressure release is the controlled discharge of built-up force or tension.
In cooking, a pressure cooker's valve allows pressure release to prevent explosions.
Geologically, pressure release occurs when overlying rock erodes, allowing compressed rock beneath to expand and fracture.
Figuratively, any outlet for accumulated stress: Yoga is my pressure release after work.
- valveFluid flow controller
- safety valveAutomatic pressure-limiting device
- ventOpening for airflow
- blow off steamRelease accumulated stress
- exhaleExpel breath outward
steam · boiling point · hiss · relief · stress relief · decompression · escape · safety · burst · blow-off · pop the cork · gasket · tension · stress · mental health day · breathe · deep breath · unwind
- pressureabsolute, psi, pascal, kilopascal, hectopascal
- slow cookersslow cooker, crock pot, lid, keep warm, electric cooker
- burstsburst, gush, spurt, squirt, jet
- horse trainingriding instructor, racehorse trainer, horse whisperer, breaker, positive reinforcement
- carbonation effectsfizz, bubbles, effervescence, foam, sparkle
- weatheringchemical weathering, exfoliation, hydrolysis, carbonation, freeze-thaw
pressure releasepressure buildup
Gradual increase of force
pressurization · compression · overpressure · inflation · pumping up
pressure releasecontainment
Preventing hostile expansion
sealing · confinement · enclosure · pressurizing · capping
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