MILLIBAR

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A unit of atmospheric pressure equal to one thousandth of a bar

Example:

atmospheric pressure at sea level is 1013 millibars

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("millibar" is a kind of...):

pressure unit (a unit measuring force per unit area)

Holonyms ("millibar" is a part of...):

bar ((meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter)

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