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hectapièze

English translation: bar

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French term or phrase:hectapièze
English translation:bar
Entered by: John Garside

22:08 Apr 5, 2005
French to English translations [PRO]
Science - Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng
French term or phrase: hectapièze
A measurement of pressure.... "dont le tension de vapeur est supérieure à 1 hectapièze à 0° C"
John Garside
Canada
Local time: 05:17
1 hpz =1bar
Explanation:
I am assuming you mean hectopièze. It's simple 1 bar... :-)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2005-06...


Α pièze is a pressure unit, albeit not used that much anymore..
A unit of pressure in the meter-ton-second system of units, = 1000 pascals.
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http://www.sizes.com/units/pie_ze.htm

Not sure you need to convert though.
pièze (mts unit); pz, ≡ 1000 kg/m·s2 = 1 kPa. centimetre of mercury, ≡ 13
595.1 kg/m3 × 1 cm × g = 1.333 223 874 15 kPa (≈ 10 torr) ...
www.sengpielaudio.com/ConvPress.htm

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Note added at 13 mins (2005-04-05 22:21:45 GMT)
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...and for those that require W.E. coding...
Definition unité de pression dérivée du système C.G.S.

Reference OMM,Vocabulaire météorologique international
(1)
TERM bar

Reference OMM,Vocabulaire météorologique international
(2)
TERM b hectopièze

Reference OMM,Vocabulaire météorologique international
(3)
TERM hpz

Reference OMM,Vocabulaire météorologique international


Definition pressure unit in the C.G.S.

Reference WMO,International Meteorological Vocabulary
(1)
TERM bar

Reference WMO,International Meteorological Vocabulary
(2)
TERM b hectopieze

Reference WMO,International Meteorological Vocabulary
(3)
TERM hpz

Reference WMO,International Meteorological Vocabulary

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Elena Petelos
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:17
Grading comment
Thanks elena. Not used much any more? This text dates back to 1953 so...
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Summary of answers provided
4 +21 hpz =1bar
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hectopièze
1 hpz =1bar


Explanation:
I am assuming you mean hectopièze. It's simple 1 bar... :-)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2005-06...


Α pièze is a pressure unit, albeit not used that much anymore..
A unit of pressure in the meter-ton-second system of units, = 1000 pascals.
home, units index, your comments, about, help, |. privacy. terms of use ...
http://www.sizes.com/units/pie_ze.htm

Not sure you need to convert though.
pièze (mts unit); pz, ≡ 1000 kg/m·s2 = 1 kPa. centimetre of mercury, ≡ 13
595.1 kg/m3 × 1 cm × g = 1.333 223 874 15 kPa (≈ 10 torr) ...
www.sengpielaudio.com/ConvPress.htm

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 13 mins (2005-04-05 22:21:45 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

...and for those that require W.E. coding...
Definition unité de pression dérivée du système C.G.S.

Reference OMM,Vocabulaire météorologique international
(1)
TERM bar

Reference OMM,Vocabulaire météorologique international
(2)
TERM b hectopièze

Reference OMM,Vocabulaire météorologique international
(3)
TERM hpz

Reference OMM,Vocabulaire météorologique international


Definition pressure unit in the C.G.S.

Reference WMO,International Meteorological Vocabulary
(1)
TERM bar

Reference WMO,International Meteorological Vocabulary
(2)
TERM b hectopieze

Reference WMO,International Meteorological Vocabulary
(3)
TERM hpz

Reference WMO,International Meteorological Vocabulary



Elena Petelos
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:17
Native speaker of: Greek
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thanks elena. Not used much any more? This text dates back to 1953 so...

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