baroscope

American  

[bar-uh-skohp] / ˈbær əˌskoʊp /

noun

1. an instrument showing roughly the variations in atmospheric pressure.

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baroscope British  

/ ˈbærəˌskəʊp, ˌbærəˈskɒpɪk /

noun

1. any instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure, esp a manometer with one side open to the atmosphere

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Other Word Forms

• baroscopic adjective
• baroscopical adjective

Etymology

Origin of baroscope

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

Example Sentences

Pertaining to, or determined by, the baroscope.

From Project Gutenberg

Baroscope, bar′ō-skōp, n. an instrument for indicating changes in the density of the air.

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Hearing afterwards of an Earthquake observed by others; I looked on my Notes concerning my Thermoscope and Baroscope, to see if any alteration considerable had then happened.

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Upon this Occasion, it will not be unseasonable to give some General accounts of what I have in my Thermoscope and Baroscope observed.

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This Statical Baroscope will oftentimes be more parable, than the other: For many will finde it more easie, to procure a good pair of Gold-scales, and a Buble or two, than a long Cane seal'd, a quantity of Quick-silver, and all the other requisits of the Mercurial Baroscope; especially if we comprise the trouble and skill, that is requisite to free the deserted part of the Tube from Air.

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