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bar [ baar ] (plural bars)


noun 
Definition:
 
unit of pressure: a centimeter-gram-second unit of pressure that can be used in combination with SI units and prefixes, equal to 105 newtons per square meter ()
[Early 20th century. < Greek baros "weight"]
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