bar
- noun
- /bɑr/
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- The saturated gold vapor pressure at this temperature is approximately 750 bar (see Fig. 4).
- pressure in bar
- psi to bar
- 20 bar
Examples
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In meteorology, a standard atmospheric pressure is often expressed as 1 bar.
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Fuel is supplied at 25 bar gauge and reduced to 15 bar gauge before being sent to the nozzles.
Academic text (1998) -
Fifty bars is all we need.
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Seven bar pressure!
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The 454-ton machine stayed on course as hydrostatic pressure of up to 10 bars pushed against its shell.
Academic text (1993) -
Units of measure are field-selectable and include bar, millibar, Pascal, inches of water or mercury, and millimeters of mercury.
Academic text (2001) -
The scientific experiment required us to measure the pressure accurately in bars.
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The tire pressure gauge read 2.5 bars, ensuring the tires were adequately inflated.
Synonyms
A unit of pressure measured from a complete vacuum
Idioms
Compounds
A Jewish ceremony for a boy on his thirteenth birthday marking his religious responsibilities
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A metal bar under a car that reduces how much the car leans in turns
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A vertical line on a music staff that shows where one group of beats ends and the next begins
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A strong metal bar inside a vehicle that protects people if it flips over
A long strong iron bar with a flat or forked end that you use to force things apart
A horizontal bar fixed at a height for lifting your body until your chin is above it
- Offensive
A system that keeps people of different races apart and often denies rights to Black people
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A pair of vertical lines in written music that show the end of a main section or the whole piece
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A symbol in programming that returns true when one or both conditions are true
- Archaic
A machine that prints a whole line at once by hitting paper with a moving bar
- Archaic
A diagonal band on a shield in heraldry running from the upper right to the lower left
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A unit of pressure measured from complete vacuum and equal to the air pressure at sea level
A table game like pool where short cues hit balls into holes while knocking wooden pegs loses points
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A solid metal bar that sits in a horse's mouth to help the rider control the horse
- US
A protective face guard made of metal bars used by the catcher in baseball or softball
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A straight rectangular piece of metal that attracts iron and has opposite poles at each end
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An arch of bone or flexible tissue at the side of a fish's throat that supports the gills
A single metal pole fixed high between two posts that gymnasts swing and perform moves on
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A metal rod in a sewing machine that holds and moves the needle up and down
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A long heavy metal tool with a flat chisel end for prying and a curved claw end for pulling nails
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A long heavy tool for packing material tightly into a hole or small space
A ski lift with a T-shaped bar that pulls skiers or snowboarders uphill as they hold it
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A metal bar under a vehicle that twists to act like a spring and absorb shocks
How High
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The unit bar for pressure comes from the Greek baros meaning 'weight', the same root you see in barometer, so a bar measures the 'weight' or force of air and fluids.