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1. (n.) barometer
an instrument that measures atmospheric pressure.
2. barometer
anything that indicates changes.
Etymology: (1820–30)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) barometer
an instrument that measures atmospheric pressure
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) barometer
an instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere, and hence for judging of the probable changes of weather, or for ascertaining the height of any ascent
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The Standard Electrical Dictionary |
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1. barometer
An apparatus for measuring the pressure exerted by the atmosphere. It consists, in the mercurial form, of a glass tube, over 31 inches long, closed at one end, filled with mercury and inverted, with its open end immersed in a cistern of mercury. The column falls to a height proportional to the pressure of the atmosphere from 30 to 31 inches at the sea level. The "standard barometer" is a height of the mercury or of the "barometric column" of 30 inches or 760 centimeters, measured from the surface of the mercury in the cistern.
The column of mercury is termed the barometric column. Above it in the tube is the Torricellian vacuum.
[Transcriber's note: More accurately, 29.92 inches of mercury or 14.696 PSI.]
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Sense: an instrument which indicates changes of weather
The barometer is falling; – it is going to rain.
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 Afrikaans: weerglas, barometer |
 Arabic: البارومتر: مِقياس الضَّغط |
 Bulgarian: барометър |
 Brazilian: barômetro |
 Czech: barometr |
 German: das Barometer |
 Danish: barometer |
 Greek: βαρόμετρο |
 Spanish: barómetro |
 Estonian: baromeeter |
 Farsi: هواسنج |
 Finnish: ilmapuntari |
 French: baromètre |
 Hebrew: בָּרוֹמֶטֶר |
 Hindi: बैरोमीटर |
 Croatian: barometar |
 Hungarian: barométer |
 Indonesian: barometer |
 Icelandic: loftvog |
 Italian: barometro |
 Japanese: 気圧計 |
 Korean: 기압계 |
 Lithuanian: barometras |
 Latvian: barometrs |
 Malay: barometer |
 Dutch: barometer |
 Norwegian: barometer |
 Polish: barometr |
 Persian: هواسنج |
 Pashto: د اټمو سفير د فشار سنجولو |
 Portuguese: barómetro |
 Romanian: barometru |
 Russian: барометр |
 Slovak: barometer |
 Slovenian: barometer |
 Serbian: barometar |
 Swedish: barometer |
 Thai: บารอมิเตอร์; เครื่องวัดคว |
 Turkish: barometre, basınç ölçer |
 Taiwanese: 晴雨錶，氣壓計 |
 Ukrainian: барометр |
 Urdu: بیرو میٹر ، موسم کی تبدیل |
 Vietnamese: phong vũ biểu |
 Chinese: 晴雨表，气压表 |
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