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Pressure in a fluid is best described as which kind of quantity?
AVector quantity
BRank three tensor
CScalar quantity
DAxial vector
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Scalar quantity
The force in the definition is only the normal component, and pressure has no direction of its own, so it is a scalar.
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