MILLIBAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does millibar mean? 

• MILLIBAR (noun)
  The noun MILLIBAR has 1 sense:

1. a unit of atmospheric pressure equal to one thousandth of a bar

  Familiarity information: MILLIBAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MILLIBAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Context example:

atmospheric pressure at sea level is 1013 millibars

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)

 Context examples 

A SI derived unit of pressure equivalent to one hundred pascals, 1 millibar or 0.0145 pounds per square inch.

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