microbar
[
mahy
-kr
uh
-bahr]
/ˈmaɪ krəˌbɑr/
noun
1.
a centimeter-gram-second unit of pressure, equal to one millionth of a
bar
; one dyne per square centimeter.
Also called
barye
.
Origin
1915-20;
micro-
+
bar
3
Examples from the web for
microbar
microbar
means a unit of pressure commonly used in acoustics and is equal to one dyne per square centimeter.
The pressure variations in a sound wave are measured in terms of a unit borrowed from meteorology called the
microbar
.
microbar
in Science
microbar
(mī'krō-bär')
A unit of pressure equal to one millionth (10
-6
) of a bar.