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    • https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Joliet_Junior_College/JJC_-_PHYS_110/02%3A_Book-_Conceptual_Physics_(Crowell)/2.06%3A_Thermodynamics/2.6.01%3A_Pressure_and_Temperature
      The pressure of a fluid at a given point is defined as F/A, where A is the area of a small surface inserted in the fluid at that point, and F is the component of the fluid's fo...The pressure of a fluid at a given point is defined as F/A, where A is the area of a small surface inserted in the fluid at that point, and F is the component of the fluid's force on the surface which is perpendicular to the surface. (In the case of a moving fluid, fluid friction forces can act parallel to the surface, but we're only dealing with stationary fluids, so there is only an F.)

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