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UK
/mˈɪlɪbˌɑː/
]
[ US /ˈmɪɫəˌbɑɹ/ ]
[ US /ˈmɪɫəˌbɑɹ/ ]
NOUN
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a unit of atmospheric pressure equal to one thousandth of a bar
atmospheric pressure at sea level is 1013 millibars
How To Use millibar In A Sentence
- We, in weather, measure pressure in millibars, so it's just a number.
- What is the formula for converting pressure in millibars of pressure to inches of mercury?
- atmospheric pressure at sea level is 1013 millibars
- The turtle recorded a barometric pressure drop of 100 millibars within the vortex.
- According to the model, barometric pressure in the lowest stratum rose by 145 millibars to 1,108 millibars.
- If pressure decreases by one millibar, the sea level rises by one centimetre.
- If the barometric pressure suddenly drops from, say, a normal reading of 1,000 millibars to 900 millibars, a very powerful wind will result.
- 'millibar'. 1 millibar = 1 / 1000 bar and 1 bar = 1 atm. About.com Chemistry
- Meteorologist use the pressure in millibars to determine the actual strength of the storm.
- Today, a bomb cyclone is an extratropical area of low pressure in which the central barometric pressure drops at least 24 millibars in 24 hours.