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Definition of Megabar
1. a unit of pressure [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Megabar
Literary usage of Megabar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1914)
"He has consistently used this unit megabar as the basis of his work ever since.
... megabar is not altogether inappropriate and has priority of usage ..."
2. New Method for Determining Compressibility by Theodore William Richards, Wilfred Newsome Stull (1903)
"In this case, the pressure of a megadyne per square centimeter would be called
a megabar, a name no more cumbrous than atmosphere, and far more definite. ..."
3. Transactions (1909)
"Consequently 1 megabar represents the pressure of a column of mercury of 750.09 mm.
... For most practical purposes, therefore, a megabar may be taken as ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"... the accelerating force of one dyne per square centimeter. This is KH megabar.
In the case of this type of pump we have a pressure of 10~ii megabar or ..."
5. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1914)
"7 that the small circles on the 2.04 megabar line, representing the dried air test,
... The same is true for the 2.02 megabar line of Fig. 8. ..."
6. The Principles of Aërography by Alexander McAdie (1917)
"There would be no objection to giving the term megabar or absolute atmosphere
some convenient nickname, such as "aer," if megabar is too ponderous. ..."
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