noun
- A unit of pressure in the centimeter-gram-second system, equal to one dyne per square centimeter.
Usage: technical; physics; largely replaced by the pascal in modern usage
Examples
- The barye was commonly used in atmospheric pressure measurements before the adoption of SI units.
- One barye equals 0.1 pascals in the modern metric system.
- Early meteorological instruments recorded pressure in baryes.
- The conversion from baryes to millibars is straightforward in atmospheric science.