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    PRESSURE UNIT

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A unit measuring force per unit areaplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

    Hypernyms ("pressure unit" is a kind of...):

    unit; unit of measurement (any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pressure unit"):

    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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