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milli·bar (mil′i bär′)

noun

one thousandth of a bar (1,000 dynes per square centimeter or 100 pascals): 34 millibars equals about one inch of mercury: abbrev. mb

Etymology: < milli- + Gr baros, weight

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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