pressure unit
Noun
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A unit measuring force per unit area (synset 113629228)
is a type of: unit, unit of measurement - any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchangesubtypes:
- atm, atmosphere, standard atmosphere, standard pressure - a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade
- pa, pascal - a unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter
- millimeter of mercury, mm hg, torr - a unit of pressure equal to 0.001316 atmosphere; named after Torricelli
- pounds per square inch, psi - a unit of pressure
- millibar - a unit of atmospheric pressure equal to one thousandth of a bar
- bar - (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter
- bar absolute, barye, microbar - the absolute unit of pressure equal to one dyne per square centimeter
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