millibar

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noun

A non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100 pascals, used primarily to report atmospheric pressure.

Similar
mbmbarhectopascal
OriginEnglish bar ← Middle English barre ← Old French barre →
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Meanings

nounmillibar (plural millibars)

plural millibars

  1. A non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100 pascals, used primarily to report atmospheric pressure.

    Synonyms: mb, mbar, hectopascal

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100 pascals, used primarily to report atmospheric pressure.

Similar
mbmbarhectopascal

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sm̥-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*smih₂
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰes-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰéslom
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰéslih₂
  7. Proto-Indo-European*smih₂ǵʰéslih₂
  8. Proto-Italic*smīɣeslī
  9. Latinmīlle
  10. Frenchmilli-
  11. Englishmilli-
  12. Vulgar Latin*barra
  13. Old Frenchbarre
  14. Middle Englishbarre
  15. Englishbar
  16. Englishmillibar

From milli- + bar.

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Translations

Arabic ميلي بار
  • ميلي بار (milli barr)non-SI unit of pressure
Catalan mil·libar
  • mil·libarnon-SI unit of pressure
Chinese Cantonese 毫巴, 毫米水銀柱 /毫米水银柱
  • 毫巴 (hou⁴ baa¹)non-SI unit of pressure
  • 毫米水銀柱 /毫米水银柱 (hou⁴ mai⁵ seoi² ngan⁴ cyu⁵)non-SI unit of pressure
Chinese Mandarin 毫巴
  • 毫巴 (háobā)non-SI unit of pressure
Finnish millibaari
  • millibaarinon-SI unit of pressure
French millibar
  • millibarnon-SI unit of pressure
German Millibar
  • Millibarnon-SI unit of pressure
Hebrew מיליבר
  • מיליבר (miliber)non-SI unit of pressure
Icelandic millibar
  • millibarnon-SI unit of pressure
Irish milleabar
  • milleabarnon-SI unit of pressure
Italian millibar
  • millibarnon-SI unit of pressure
Japanese ミリバール
  • ミリバール (miribāru)non-SI unit of pressure
Korean 밀리바
  • 밀리바 (milliba)non-SI unit of pressure
Norwegian Bokmål millibar
  • millibarnon-SI unit of pressure
Portuguese milibar
  • milibarnon-SI unit of pressure
Romanian milibar
  • milibarnon-SI unit of pressure
Russian миллиба́р
  • миллиба́р (millibár)non-SI unit of pressure
Spanish milibar
  • milibarnon-SI unit of pressure
Thai มิลลิบาร์
  • มิลลิบาร์non-SI unit of pressure
Vietnamese milibarơ
  • milibarơnon-SI unit of pressure
Cite this entry
APA

millibar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/millibar

MLA

“millibar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/millibar. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “millibar,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/millibar.

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