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is a unit of pressure. It may be defined as the pressure exerted by a column of
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nist.gov – Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SI)
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NOTE: Millimetre of water is also sometimes addressed as :
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The centimetre of water unit is frequently used to measure the
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water column). It is also a common unit of pressure in the
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In limited and largely historic contexts it may vary with
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O), metre water column (m.wc) or metre water gauge (m wg)
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O), metre water column (m wc) or metre water gauge (m wg)
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264: 263:O (conventional) 255: 254: 210: 207:is used, giving 206: 202: 198: 194: 187: 180: 143: 141: 138: 133: 125: 117: 111: 53: 52: 16:Unit of pressure 971: 970: 966: 965: 964: 962: 961: 960: 946: 945: 932: 927: 926: 915: 901: 897: 889: 882: 875: 865: 860: 856: 852: 847: 834:Inch of mercury 825: 736: 733: 731: 719: 716: 714: 702: 699: 697: 685: 682: 680: 667: 664: 662: 654: 646: 643: 641: 625: 623: 608: 590: 586: 575: 571: 567: 564:9.8063754138 Pa 563: 556: 549: 545: 541: 503: 500: 498: 495: 487: 479: 473: 455: 441: 415: 398: 395: 393: 381: 378: 376: 364: 362: 350: 348: 336: 333: 331: 323: 315: 313: 297: 295: 280: 262: 258: 240:speech sciences 222:while sampling 208: 204: 200: 197:98.063754138 Pa 196: 189: 182: 178: 174: 139: 136: 134: 131: 123: 115: 109: 91: 77: 51: 17: 12: 11: 5: 969: 959: 958: 944: 943: 931: 930:External links 928: 925: 924: 913: 895: 880: 873: 863: 849: 848: 846: 843: 842: 841: 836: 831: 824: 821: 805: 804: 798: 792: 786: 782:: pressure in 777: 774: 748: 747: 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Index

pressure
pressure head
Pressure
English Engineering units
water
cm
height
°C
standard acceleration of gravity
999.9720
9.80665
central venous pressure
intracranial pressure
cerebrospinal fluid
mechanical ventilation
water supply networks
metres
speech sciences
CPAP
polysomnogram
pascals
mm wg
mbar
hPa
inH2O
atm
torr
mm Hg
inHg
psi

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