"barrer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: barrers [plural]
Etymology: From bar + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bar|er|id2=agent noun}} bar + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} barrer (plural barrers)
  1. One who or that which bars.
    Sense id: en-barrer-en-noun-O3MMWd~3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: barrers [plural]
Etymology: Named after New Zealand-born chemist Richard Barrer. Head templates: {{en-noun}} barrer (plural barrers)
  1. A non-SI unit of gas permeability.
    Sense id: en-barrer-en-noun-~quLHoXm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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