MILLIBAR

millibar

(noun) a unit of atmospheric pressure equal to one thousandth of a bar; “atmospheric pressure at sea level is 1013 millibars”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

millibar (plural millibars)

A non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100 pascals, used primarily to report atmospheric pressure.

Synonyms

Symbol: mbar

• hectopascal

Source: Wiktionary



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