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radiation pressure comparison table

Subject	is a kind of	has definition
pressure	quantity	The force exerted over a surface divided by its area.
radiation pressure	pressure	The transfer of momentum by electromagnetic radiation incident on a surface: prad = (4/3)σT4 / c.

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