How to Use psi in a Sentence

psi

noun
  • The device has a manual pump and can hold up to 45 psi.
    Tom Price, Popular Mechanics, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Each letter of a message was the sum of the letters—that is, the sum of the numbers representing the letters—generated by the chi and psi wheels.
    IEEE Spectrum, 31 Dec. 2019
  • The psi wheels advanced irregularly based on the position of the mu wheels.
    IEEE Spectrum, 31 Dec. 2019
  • Several of us wondered if somehow the tires had been inflated to, say, 60 psi.
    Steven Cole Smith, Car and Driver, 6 July 2023
  • These are measured in pounds per square inch (psi) and cubic feet per minute (cfm), respectively.
    Gannon Burgett, Car and Driver, 8 July 2023
  • Such an amount is greater than the bite pressure exerted by some of the strongest jaws in the animal kingdom: Crocodile bites have been measured at up to 3,700 psi.
    Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American, 21 June 2023
  • Dituri is living at 1.6 atmosphere absolute (ATA), or 25 pounds per square inch (psi).
    Ashley Stimpson, Popular Mechanics, 8 Apr. 2023
  • That’s why the pressure at sea level is often characterized as one atmosphere, a unit equivalent to almost 15 pounds per square inch (psi).
    Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American, 21 June 2023
  • And one computer modeling study has estimated that a relatively large great white shark could sink its teeth into prey with a force of almost 4,000 psi.
    Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American, 21 June 2023
  • First of all, boost pressure is set higher than others have ventured (9 psi), and second, the compressor housing has a larger flow capacity to suit the requirements of the Trans Am's larger piston displacement.
    Don Sherman, Car and Driver, 1 May 2023
  • The device has a manual pump and can hold up to 45 psi.
    Tom Price, Popular Mechanics, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Each letter of a message was the sum of the letters—that is, the sum of the numbers representing the letters—generated by the chi and psi wheels.
    IEEE Spectrum, 31 Dec. 2019
  • The psi wheels advanced irregularly based on the position of the mu wheels.
    IEEE Spectrum, 31 Dec. 2019
  • Several of us wondered if somehow the tires had been inflated to, say, 60 psi.
    Steven Cole Smith, Car and Driver, 6 July 2023
  • These are measured in pounds per square inch (psi) and cubic feet per minute (cfm), respectively.
    Gannon Burgett, Car and Driver, 8 July 2023
  • Such an amount is greater than the bite pressure exerted by some of the strongest jaws in the animal kingdom: Crocodile bites have been measured at up to 3,700 psi.
    Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American, 21 June 2023
  • Dituri is living at 1.6 atmosphere absolute (ATA), or 25 pounds per square inch (psi).
    Ashley Stimpson, Popular Mechanics, 8 Apr. 2023
  • That’s why the pressure at sea level is often characterized as one atmosphere, a unit equivalent to almost 15 pounds per square inch (psi).
    Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American, 21 June 2023
  • And one computer modeling study has estimated that a relatively large great white shark could sink its teeth into prey with a force of almost 4,000 psi.
    Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American, 21 June 2023
  • First of all, boost pressure is set higher than others have ventured (9 psi), and second, the compressor housing has a larger flow capacity to suit the requirements of the Trans Am's larger piston displacement.
    Don Sherman, Car and Driver, 1 May 2023
  • The device has a manual pump and can hold up to 45 psi.
    Tom Price, Popular Mechanics, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Each letter of a message was the sum of the letters—that is, the sum of the numbers representing the letters—generated by the chi and psi wheels.
    IEEE Spectrum, 31 Dec. 2019
  • The psi wheels advanced irregularly based on the position of the mu wheels.
    IEEE Spectrum, 31 Dec. 2019
  • Several of us wondered if somehow the tires had been inflated to, say, 60 psi.
    Steven Cole Smith, Car and Driver, 6 July 2023
  • These are measured in pounds per square inch (psi) and cubic feet per minute (cfm), respectively.
    Gannon Burgett, Car and Driver, 8 July 2023
  • Such an amount is greater than the bite pressure exerted by some of the strongest jaws in the animal kingdom: Crocodile bites have been measured at up to 3,700 psi.
    Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American, 21 June 2023
  • Dituri is living at 1.6 atmosphere absolute (ATA), or 25 pounds per square inch (psi).
    Ashley Stimpson, Popular Mechanics, 8 Apr. 2023
  • That’s why the pressure at sea level is often characterized as one atmosphere, a unit equivalent to almost 15 pounds per square inch (psi).
    Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American, 21 June 2023
  • And one computer modeling study has estimated that a relatively large great white shark could sink its teeth into prey with a force of almost 4,000 psi.
    Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American, 21 June 2023
  • First of all, boost pressure is set higher than others have ventured (9 psi), and second, the compressor housing has a larger flow capacity to suit the requirements of the Trans Am's larger piston displacement.
    Don Sherman, Car and Driver, 1 May 2023

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