Difference between pressurize and pressurize and overpressurize

pressurize

Definitions

verb

  1. increase the pressure on a gas or liquid
  2. increase the pressure in or of
  3. maintain a certain pressure

Examples

We saw in the previous sections that packaged bacteriophage capsids are pressurized with pressures as high as 60 atm.

The envelope is a helium gas cell, with an air ballonet which is pressurized by a ballonet fan.

These portable torches use pressurized tanks of propane and, if handled carelessly, can be hazardous.

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