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Noun: corpuscular-radiation pressure
  1. The minute pressure exerted on a surface normal to the direction of propagation of a wave
    "corpuscular-radiation pressure from sunlight contributes to the movement of comet tails away from the sun";
    - radiation pressure

Derived forms: corpuscular-radiation pressures

Type of: force per unit area, pressure, pressure level