1. Plural of bary; a unit of pressure in the centimeter-gram-second system, equal to one dyne per square centimeter.
Usage: technical; physics; largely superseded by the pascal in modern usage

Examples

• The atmospheric pressure at sea level is approximately 1.01 million baryes.
• Scientists measured the pressure in baryes before the pascal became the standard unit.
• The old laboratory equipment displayed readings in baryes rather than pascals.