Etymology

barye

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Today it means: A unit of pressure under the CGS system; symbol Ba; equal to 1 dyne per square centimeter. 1 Ba = 0.1 Pa = 0.1 N/m2 = 1x10⁻⁶ bar. Full definition →

French barye ← Ancient Greek βαρύς
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromβαρύς“heavy”
  2. French · derived frombarye
  3. English todaybarye

From French French barye, from Ancient Greek Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús, “heavy”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekβαρύς all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.