• WildPalmTree@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    Not pressure, just absence of negative effects. Pressure might help but is not required. And I use “absence” quite loosey-goosey.

    • ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works
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      9 hours ago

      Yes, and ‘pressure’ is used similarly. Think atmospheric pressure. It can lower and heighten, so a lack of pressure is low pressure, not the absence of it.