Pressure

This article is about pressure in the physical sciences. For other uses, see Pressure (disambiguation).

Pressure
Pressure exerted by particle collisions inside a closed container. The collisions that exert the pressure are highlighted in red.
Common symbols	p, P
SI unit	pascal (Pa)
In SI base units	kg⋅m−1⋅s−2
Derivations from other quantities	p = F / A
Dimension	${\mathsf {M}}{\mathsf {L}}^{-1}{\mathsf {T}}^{-2}$