millibar

(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

Origin: < milli- + Gr baros, weight

See millibar in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun Abbr. mb

A unit of atmospheric pressure equal to one thousandth (10^-3) of a bar. Standard atmospheric pressure at sea level is about 1,013 millibars.

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