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Categories: Celestial mechanics, All articles with unsourced statements, Articles with short description, Radiation, Radiation effects
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radiation pressure  corpuscular-radiation pressure  light pressure  Photon pressure  Solar-radiation pressure
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The minute pressure exerted on a surface normal to the direction of propagation of a wave WordNet 3.0
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The minute pressure exerted on a surface normal to the direction of propagation of a wave WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Radiation pressure is the mechanical pressure exerted upon any surface due to the exchange of momentum between the object and the electromagnetic field. Wikipedia
The pressure exerted by electromagnetic radiation on an object on which it impinges, as a consequence of its momentum. Wiktionary