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barrer¹

noun barrers

  1. One who or that which bars. The worst merely bars some exceptions without looking at the proof at all. Hence the mystification when we have the proof on the one hand and the exceptions on the other. In the mind of such primitive exception-barrers, the proof and the exceptions exist in two completely separate compartments.

barrer²

Where it comes from

Named after New Zealand-born chemist Richard Barrer.

noun barrers

  1. A non-SI unit of gas permeability.

Barrer³

proper noun

  1. A surname

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"barrer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/barrer. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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barrer. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/barrer

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"barrer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/barrer.

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@misc{barrer_2026,
  title = {barrer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/barrer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}