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Answer for the clue "The absolute unit of pressure equal to one dyne per square centimeter ", 5 letters:
barye

Word definitions for barye in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context physics English) Symbol Ba. A unit of pressure under the CGS system. 1 Ba = 0.1 Pa = 0.1 N/m2

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
The barye (symbol: Ba ), or sometimes barad , barrie , bary , baryd , baryed , or barie , is the centimetre–gram–second (CGS) unit of pressure . It is equal to 1 dyne per square centimetre . = = = = =

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the absolute unit of pressure equal to one dyne per square centimeter [syn: bar absolute , microbar ]

Usage examples of barye.

At the proper time, pictures of the Barbizon masters, old English plate and portraits, bronzes by Barye and marbles by Rodin, Persian carpets and Chinese porcelains, had been introduced to the mansion.

One held torn and ragged folds of the veil ripped from her throat, the other the weapon with which she had cheated death: a bronze paperweight, probably a miniature copy of a Barye, an elephant trumpeting.