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  • noun physics A unit or pressure equal to 109 pascals

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giga- +‎ pascal

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Examples

  • I was thinking this: a thousand cubic meters of material, compressed at something like thirty-six gigapascals and a temperature of six thousand degrees Kelvin, might well offer significant thrust if directed out into a pressure of something less than one ten-thousandth of a gigapascal.

    Asimov's Science Fiction 2003

  • The cavity you wish to fill with this extremely exotic ice must maintain the pressure of at least a gigapascal and warm up to no more than 130K or your ice will not be ice XV.

    CR4 - Recent Forum Threads and Blog Entries fab4440 2010

  • Celsius, the mix was then subjected to a gigapascal, or 10,000 atmospheres, of pressure.

    CR4 - Recent Forum Threads and Blog Entries fab4440 2010

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