sea-level pressure

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the atmospheric pressure reduced by a formula to the pressure at sea level

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Average sea-level pressure is 101.325 kPa (1013.25 hPa or mbar) or 29.92 inches (inHg) or 760 millimetres of mercury ( mmHg ). Source: Internet

The absolute pressure in a pressure cooker will always be lower at higher altitudes, since the differential pressure remains the same (if one were to travel high enough the pressure within the cooker would drop below sea-level pressure). Source: Internet

The reading is then adjusted to an equivalent sea-level pressure for purposes of reporting. Source: Internet

This graph shows the maximum percentage, by mass, of water vapor that air at sea-level pressure across a range of temperatures can contain. Source: Internet

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