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MILLIBAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)