barometer

[ buh-rom-i-ter ]

/ bəˈrɒm ɪ tər /

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noun

Meteorology. any instrument that measures atmospheric pressure.Compare aneroid barometer, mercury barometer.

anything that indicates changes.

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Origin of barometer

First recorded in 1655–65; baro- + -meter

OTHER WORDS FROM barometer

bar·o·met·ric

[bar-uh-me-trik], /ˌbær əˈmɛ trɪk/, bar·o·met·ri·cal, adjectivebar·o·met·ri·cal·ly, adverb

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How to use barometer in a sentence

But, part of the way the watch knows you’re swimming is by using the onboard barometer to notice the pressure differences between being underwater and not, and that’s why my bucket experience partly simulated a swim.
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This is proved to us by the weight which the air imposes upon the mercury at the open end of a barometric tube.
Outlines of the Earth's History|Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
The whole was kept at an even temperature, and correction was made for barometric influence.
Heroes of the Telegraph|J. Munro
Assawa Lake is shown, by barometric measurement, to be 1,532 feet above the Gulf.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820|Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

This would here be done, but for signs of a barometric dead fall in Dame Gossip's chaps, already heavily pendent.
The Amazing Marriage, Complete|George Meredith
But an increase of barometric pressure condenses the gases of the mine, and restrains them within their sequestered limits.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure

British Dictionary definitions for barometer

barometer

/ (bəˈrɒmɪtə) /

noun

an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure, usually to determine altitude or weather changes

anything that shows change or impending changethe barometer of social change

Derived forms of barometer

barometric (ˌbærəˈmɛtrɪk) or barometrical, adjectivebarometrically, adverbbarometry, noun

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Scientific definitions for barometer

barometer

[ bə-rŏm′ĭ-tər ]

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure. Barometers are used in determining height above sea level and in forecasting the weather. The two primary types of barometers are the aneroid and the mercury barometer.

Cultural definitions for barometer

barometer

An instrument that measures atmospheric pressure.

notes for barometer

In general, when the barometer falls in response to a drop in pressure, bad weather is approaching; when the barometer rises because of an increase in pressure, good weather will follow.

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