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What is negative pressure?

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Negative pressure generally refers a place where pressure is smaller in one place relative to another place. It doesn't refer to the actual or static pressure being negative since that cannot go lower than zero. You will often hear about negative room pressure. That means the air pressure inside the room is lower than the pressure outside the room and air will flow into the room from outside.

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