Definition of Bar absolute

1. Noun. The absolute unit of pressure equal to one dyne per square centimeter.

Exact synonyms: Barye, Microbar
Generic synonyms: Pressure Unit
Group relationships: Bar

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bar Absolute

bar-
bar-b-que
bar-b-ques
bar-crested antshrike
bar-crested antshrikes
bar-keeper
bar-keepers
bar-resto
bar-room plant
bar-sleeve attachments
bar-tailed godwit
bar-tailed godwits
bar-winged rail
bar-winged rails
bar/resto
bar absolute (current term)
bar billiards
bar bit
bar chart
bar charts
bar clasp
bar clasp arm
bar clip attachments
bar code
bar codes
bar exam
bar examination
bar examinations
bar exams

Literary usage of Bar absolute

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1831)
"Ignorant of the arts of luxury, the primi sand citizens were armed for defence or conquest : and a bar absolute ; the rights of individuals were sacred ..."

2. The Platform: Its Rise and Progress by Jephson, Henry Lorenzo (1892)
"... to ascertain whether these officials were to be an everlasting bar absolute to time expression of the public voice was worth making. ..."

3. History of the United States by Mary Ritter Beard, Charles Austin Beard (1921)
"Jackson, puzzled by the clamor on both sides, followed their example without making the constitutional bar absolute. Congress, he thought, might lawfully ..."

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