单词 | centibar |
释义 | centibarn. One hundredth of a bar. Symbol cbar, cb. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > study or science of specific conditions or phenomena > [noun] > art of barometric observation > units of barometric pressure bar1910 centibar1910 mbar1910 millibar1910 mb1916 1910 V. Bjerknes et al. Dynamic Meteorol. & Hydrogr. i. i. 7 It will be necessary for us to have names for the employed units of pressure..some name derived from the word ‘barometer’. We shall choose the name bar as being the shortest, and designate the decimal parts of it as the decibar, centibar, and millibar. 1986 J. A. Samson Trop. Fruits (ed. 2) iv. 51 Tensionmeters are also used; they are calibrated in centibars: zero indicates a very wet soil, 80 an extremely dry one. 2007 B. Hanson et al. Monitoring Soil Moisture Irrigation Water Managem. 7 Field capacity occurs at soil moisture tensions of about 10 centibars for sandy soil and 20 to 30 centibars for finer-textured soils. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1910 |
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