hectopascal|hectopascals in English

noun

metric unit of pressure that equals to 100 pascals or 0.1 kilopascal

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1. In aviation, weather reports (METAR), QNH is transmitted around the world in millibars or hectopascals (1 hectopascal = 1 millibar), except in the United States, Canada, and Colombia where it is reported in inches of mercury (to two decimal places).

2. Atmospheric pressure just dropped 200 hectopascals.

3. One hectopascal is a pressure of 1000 dynes per square centimeter, where the dyne is a metric unit of force.

4. a sensitive pressure altimeter calibrated in feet with a sub-scale setting, calibrated in hectopascals/millibars, adjustable for any barometric pressure likely to be set during flight;

5. a sensitive pressure altimeter calibrated in ft with a sub-scale setting calibrated in hectopascals/millibars, adjustable for any barometric pressure likely to be set during flight;