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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Pressure: direction of action. ... a flat solid surface ... the magnitude of the force due to pressure should be independent of the direction of the surface on which it acts. For instance, a thin flat plate in air will experience a zero resultant force due to air pressure since the forces due to pressure on its two sides have the same magnitude (the pressure is independent of the orientation of the surface on which it acts) and they point in opposite directions (each force acts normal to its own surface). We say that pressure is isotropic (based on Greek words, meaning equal in all directions, or more accurately in the present case, independent of direction).  1, record 1, English, - isotropic%20pressure

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

[...] pression qui s'exerce avec la même force sur un milieu à partir des différentes directions.  2, record 1, French, - pression%20isotrope

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Pression atmosphérique [...] À un niveau donné cette pression est isotrope, c'est-à-dire qu'elle est la même quelle que soit l'orientation de la surface sur laquelle elle s'exerce.  1, record 1, French, - pression%20isotrope

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish