nounA relatively long, straight, rigid piece of metal or other solid material: bloom, rod, shaft, slab, stick. See thing.Something that impedes or prevents entry or passage: barricade, barrier, block, blockage, clog, hamper, hindrance, hurdle, impediment, obstacle, obstruction, snag, stop, traverse, wall. See help/harm/harmless, open/close.A judicial assembly: court, tribunal. See law.verbTo shut in with or as if with bars: confine, lock, wall. See free/unfree.To stop or prevent passage of: block, dam, impede, obstruct. Idioms: bestandin the way of. See open/close.To keep from being admitted, included, or considered: count out, debar, eliminate, except, exclude, keep out, rule out, shut out. See include/exclude. Antonyms:barTopHome > Library > Literature & Language > Antonyms nDefinition: barrier; blockageAntonyms: advantage, aid, helpvDefinition: prohibitAntonyms: advocate, allow, open, permitvDefinition: secure, usually with a length of materialAntonyms: loosen, open, unfasten Dental Dictionary:barTopHome > Library > Health > Dental Dictionary nA metal segment of greater length than width. See also bar, connector.

[Etymology: barometer] pressure (Metric) Defined to be the decimal power of standard metric units closest to the typical atmospheric pressure at Earth's surface = 105Pa = 100 kPa ( 1/1.01325 std atmos, 14.503 77~ p.s.i.), originally defined under metric-c.g.s. as 106 dyn·cm-2 (but also interpreted as 1 dyn·cm-2 in the USA into the 1920s).[Glazebrook R. T. (ed.) Dictionary of Applied Physics, Vol. 1: Mechanics, Engineering, Heat (London: Macmillan, 1922)] Introduced in 1911,[Bjerknes V. Dynamic Meteorology and Hydrography (Washington: 1911)] the bar competed for decades with the more visible but problematic mmHg,[Denne E. Nature Vol. 156, 146-7 (1945)] which is still used for many pressure readings. The 1978 decision of the CIPM considering it acceptable to continue to use the bar with the SI still stands. However, there is no official acceptance of it being abbreviated to its initial letter or otherwise, hence no official acceptance of mb for millibar or μb for microbar; the correct forms are mbar and μbar. Usage for atmospheric pressure is normally in the form of millibars, even when exceeding 1 000 mbar. Since the millibar equals 100 Pa, i.e. the hectopascal, this, in the symbolic form hPa, is often used in place of the millibar, producing such quaint expressions as 800 hPa for what is 80 kPa.The term barye was introduced for this unit prior to bar. Both bar and barye have also been used, most notably in acoustics, for the fully coherent c.g.s. unit of 1 dyn·cm-2, i.e. what is correctly the microbar (and called also the barad).A distinct old metric unit for atmospheric pressure was the torr.

1. On a gently sloping coastline, a submarine accumulation of marine sediment, which may be exposed at low tide, most often formed where steep, destructive waves break, moving landwards outside the bar and seawards inside it. Such bars can be called break-point bars, and are very common along low coasts, such as the German Baltic. The crest of the bar generally runs parallel to the coast, but may extend across an estuary or a bay, when it is known as a bay bar. Some bay bars entirely enclose the inlet and a lagoon may then form on the landward side. The formation of offshore bars, which are located further out to sea, is thought to result from the breaking of larger waves, which erode the sea bed and throw up material ahead of them to form ridges.

2. In a glacial trough, such as the Nant Ffrancon of North Wales, a transverse rocky barrier.

3. Within a river, a deposit of alluvium which may form temporary islands. Deposition takes place in areas that are away from the threads of maximum velocity and turbulence. It can begin with two particles coming to rest so that the upstream particle shields the downstream one. This self-accentuating process creates the traction clog which will eventually become a bar.Alternating bars develop as patches of alluvium, often regularly spaced, along alternate sides of a straight channel.Braid bars form within a channel and cause the river to split up. Braid bars are roughly diamond shaped and are generally aligned along the course of the channel. Point bars form on the inner curves of a meandering river where the discharge is low.

A vertical line (often called bar-line) drawn through the staff to mark off metrical units; hence also the units so marked off. In American usage, the term ‘measure’ is usually preferred to ‘bar’. Bar-lines are found occasionally in early polyphonic music, but first appear regularly in tablature for the keyboard or lute. They appear in solo parts and partbooks from the beginning of the 17th century, but bar-lines in early sources do not always immediately precede the main accented beat, as they do in later music. Architecture:barTopHome > Library > Home & Garden > Architecture and Construction 1. One of the thin strips of wood or metal forming the several divisions of a sash or abanner vanebaptisterybar, 1wood panel door, employed to receive the glass.2. A solid metal product having a square, rectangular, or other simple symmetrical cross-sectional shape and a length much greater than its width. 3. A counter over which liquor and other beverages are served; may be equipped with a footrail if stools are not provided. 4. A steel reinforcing bar. 5. A unit of pressure equal to 105 pascals, 105 newtons per square meter, or 106 dynes per square centimeter. 6. One of a number of thin strips of wood or metal forming the several divisions of a window sash or a wood-paneled door. 7. Same as iron mantel, 3. Sports Science and Medicine:barTopHome > Library > Health > Sports Science and Medicine Unit of pressure equivalent to 0.986923 atm, 100, 000 N m−2 (pascals), or 1, 000, 000 dynes m−2.

In procedure, barrier to the relitigating of an issue. Where causes of action are the same, final judgment on the merits in the first action is a complete bar to the second action. 179 S.W. 2d 441, 444. Issues which have been decided by a court become bars in further litigation as between the parties to the decision. A bar operates to deny a party the right or privilege of re-challenging issues in subsequent litigation. The prevailing party in a lawsuit can use his favorable decision to bar retrial of the cause of action. See plea [plea in bar].

A particular position in the courtroom is also termed a "bar," hence, the defendant standing before the judge is sometimes called the "prisoner at bar." The complete body of attorneys is called "the bar" because they are the persons privileged to enter beyond the bar that separates the general courtroom audience from the bench of the judge. The case at bar refers to the particular action before the court. See collateral estoppel; double jeopardy; estoppel; merger; res judicata.

1. a cgs unit of pressure, being the pressure exerted by 105 Newtons per square cm (106 dynes per square cm).2. a metal strip that is attached to the metal arch on each side of a saddle and constitutes its skeleton. The attachments for the stirrup leathers are anchored to the bars.3. a term for describing the humerus.hoof b. — the reflection of the wall of the horse's hoof at the heel, with one bar on each side of the frog. They contribute to the spreadability of the heels but give them protection against excessive contact with the ground surface. May be erroneously cut back by an overzealous blacksmith.b. pad — a pad, usually of leather, fitted between the shoe and the hoof of a horse so as to protect the sole and bars of the foot.b. shoe — a special horseshoe with a bar connecting the two heels of the shoe so as to make a full circle. Designed for use in horses whose heels are likely to be injured by too frequent contact of the heel with the ground surface.walking b. — a reinforcement placed at the bottom of a cast which allows weight to be transferred from the foot to the upper part of the cast. Used most often in casts for large animals. Unit Conversions:barsTopHome > Library > Science > Unit Conversions To convert from bars to:atmospheres, multiply by .9869.dynes/sq. cm, multiply by 1000000.kgs/sq. meter, multiply by 10200.pounds/sq. ft, multiply by 2089.pounds/sq. in, multiply by 14.5. Convert: Into: atmospheres dynes/sq. cm kgs/sq. meter pounds/sq. ft pounds/sq. in Result: Military Dictionary:barTopHome > Library > History, Politics & Society > Military Dictionary (DOD) A submerged or emerged embankment of sand, gravel, or mud created on the sea floor in shallow water by waves and currents. A bar may be composed of mollusk shells. Aviation Dictionary: barTopHome > Library > Cars & Vehicles > Aviation Dictionary .borderbottom{ border-bottom: solid .01em gray; margin-top: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; }.bordertop{ border-top: solid .01em gray; margin-top: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; }.bordertopbottom{ border-bottom: solid .01em gray; border-top: solid .01em gray; margin-top: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; }.bordertopbottomright{ border-bottom: solid .01em gray; border-top: solid .01em gray; border-right: solid .01em gray; margin-top: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; }.borderrightbottom{ border-bottom: solid .01em gray; border-right: solid .01em gray; margin-top: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; }.borderleftrightbottom{ border-bottom: solid .01em gray; border-left: solid .01em gray; border-right: solid .01em gray; margin-top: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; }.borderleftright{ border-left: solid .01em gray; border-right: solid .01em gray; margin-top: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; }.borderright{ border-right: solid .01em gray; margin-top: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; }.borderlefttopbottom{ border-bottom: solid .01em gray; border-left: solid .01em gray; border-top: solid .01em gray; margin-top: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; }.borderall{ border-bottom: solid .01em gray; border-top: solid .01em gray; border-left: solid .01em gray; border-right: solid .01em gray; } i. A metric unit of measurement of pressure equal to 1 atm in the standard atmosphere. It is equal to 100,000 (106 ) dyn/cm2 , 1015 N/m2 , 1000 mb, or 29.92 in. of mercury. A millibar (mb) is 1/1000 of a bar.ii. The horizon bar of an artificial horizon or attitude indicator. document.write('') Translations: BarTopHome > Library > Literature & Language > Translations Dansk (Danish)1. n. - stang, søjle, stykke, barre, skranke, bjælkev. tr. - spærre, sætte forprep. - undtagen, bortset fra idioms:bar chart søjlediagrambar code stregkodebar from udelukke frabar none uden undtagelsebar room barlokalebehind bars bag tremmerno holds barred alle kneb gælder2. n. - advokatbestalling3. idioms:bar mitzvah bar mitzvah

Nederlands (Dutch)bar, advocatuur, maatstreep, reep, staaf, uitsluiting (b.v. op grond van ras), tralie, beklaagdenbank, rechtbank, drempel, streep, strip, band, wad, grendel, afsluiting, hindernis, algemene norm, eenheid van atmosferische druk, baar, behalve, buitensluiten, vergrendelen, verhinderen, versperren, verbieden, strepen, maatstrepen aangeven