one millionth of a bar, or one dyne per square centimeter
symbol, μb
Word origin
micro- + bar2
microbar in American English
(ˈmaikrəˌbɑːr)
noun
a centimeter-gram-second unit of pressure, equal to one millionth of a bar; one dyne per square centimeter
Also called: barye
Word origin
[1915–20; micro- + bar3]This word is first recorded in the period 1915–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: GI, camouflage, collage, markup, neorealism
Examples of 'microbar' in a sentence
microbar
Zirconia-cement-composite blocks were cut into one hundred microbar specimens (1×1×10 mm).
Naeem Berjani, Minoo Mahshid, Farhad Tabatabaian, Seyed Jalil Sadr 2017, 'Dipping Impact on the Bond Strength between Zirconia Ceramic and a Resin Cement',Regeneration, Reconstruction & Restorationhttp://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/tripleR/article/view/16939. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)