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Ridley_Himself t1_jd5po6a wrote

Reply to comment by El_Sephiroth in What the hell is the actual difference between an isotope and a nuclide?? by amypinecone

Bar is a unit of pressure, but it is still derived from the Greek root barus, meaning heavy. So we get a few words from the root such as barometer, isobar, baryon (“heavy particle“), barium (due to the high density of barium minerals).

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