Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A unit of pressure equal to one millionth of a bar.
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- noun A unit of
pressure equal to onemillionth of abar
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the absolute unit of pressure equal to one dyne per square centimeter
Etymologies
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micro- + bar
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Examples
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A microbar is one one-millionth of an Earth atmospheric pressure, so Pluto's surface pressure is between 1 / 300th and 1 / 1000th as on Mars's surface.
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The now defunct microbar on Lavender Hill did a selection and they were worth crossing town for.
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