NOUN | quantity | millibar | a unit of atmospheric pressure equal to one thousandth of a bar |
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Sounds | mih'lahbaa.r | |
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Rhymes | Adar ... Zanzibar: 81 rhymes with aar... |
Meaning | A unit of atmospheric pressure equal to one thousandth of a bar. | |
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Example | "atmospheric pressure at sea level is 1013 millibars" | |
Part of | bar | (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter |
Broader | pressure unit | A unit measuring force per unit area |
Spanish | hectopascal, milibar | |
Catalan | milibar, mil·libar |
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