noun
- A unit of pressure equal to one million bars, used in physics and materials science to describe extremely high pressures.
Usage: technical; scientific
Examples
- The diamond anvil cell can generate pressures exceeding 100 megabars.
- Researchers studied the material's behavior at megabar pressures.
- The experiment required pressures in the megabar range to observe the phase transition.
- At megabar conditions, the sample exhibited unexpected crystalline structures.