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Bar was old English slang for a sovereign and now slang for a pound.
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1. (programming, convention) /bar/ The second metasyntactic variable, after foo and before baz. E.g. 'Suppose function FOO calls functions BAR...' 2. Often appended to foo to produce foobar. [Jargon File] (1995-03-07)
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A short, broad, pigmented vertical line.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: bar Definitions: 1. A unit of pressure equal to 1 megadyne (106 dyne) per cm2 in the CGS system, 0.9869233 atmosphere, or 105 Pa (N/m2) in the SI. 2. A metal segment of greater length than width that serves to connect two or more parts of a removable partial denture. 3. A s...
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A unit of pressure, equal to the sea-level pressure of Earth's atmosphere; 1 bar = 0.987 atmosphere = 101,300 pascals = 14.5 lbs/square inch = 100,000 Newtons per square meter.
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Slang for one million dollars.
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Horizontally flown rod (usually metal) from which scenery, lighting, and other equipment is suspended. Also Batten (US), Barrel. Standard diameter for a bar is 48mm OD (Outside diameter). G-Clamps are made for this size.
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a thick, pigmented vertical marking that does not encircle the body.
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An offshore ridge or mound of sand, GRAVEL, or other unconsolidated material which is submerged (at least at high tide), especially at the mouth of a river or ESTUARY, or lying parallel to, and a short distance from, the BEACH. See Figure 2.
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[Verb] To stop someone from taking part in something, or from entering a pub or club.
Example: My friend George is barred from the local pub because he got into a fight.
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A measure of musical time, usually made up of two, three or four beats. Musical phrases and verses, in turn, are often made up of regular numbers of bars - four, eight or twelve, e.g. the four-bar melody which accompanies the phrase: 'And now, the end is near, and so I face the final curtain.' In a ...
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The darker element of a printed barcode symbol.
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[n] - (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter 2. [n] - a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore 3. [n] - (British) a heating element in an electric fire 4. [n] - (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtr...
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A tube, pipe or barrel for holding spotlights.
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is a widely used metric unit of measure for pressure and 1 bar converts precisely to 100000 Pascals.
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A term meaning the same thing as the term Measure (the grouping of a number of beats in music, most-often four beats).
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SI measure of pressure composed of 1000 millibar. Equal to around 14.2 lbs/sq.inch.
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1. The non-si unit of pressure, equivalent to 10 Pascals. 2. A linear deposit of sand/gravel generally parallel to subparallel to a coastline or river channel.
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Browning Automatic Rifle. Produced in the United States starting in 1918 and widely used in other countries as a light machine gun. It has been chambered for various ammunition, but most frequently for .30-06 Springfield.
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a section of music for a grouping of note values over a given length of time, also know as a measure
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An SI unit of pressure widely used in the gas industry to describe the filling pressure of cylinders and the rating of gas equipment such as regulators. A bar is defined as #100,000 Newtons / m{2} and 1.01325 bar equals one atmosphere.
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This was a place to buy hot and cold food and drinks, which could be eaten there or taken away. Although one could eat with fingers, most Romans would carry their own knife and spoon. At one point there were 120 bars or pubs in Pompeii. All manner of foods were on offer and pictures of them were dis...
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Unit of pressure. 1 bar = 10⁵ pascals = 1.01325 atmospheres.
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Bar (bar) is a unit of pressure equal to 105 Pa. Its use is temporarily maintained with the SI. The milibar (100 Pa) is commonly used in meteorology.
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