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Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun has 1 sense

barometer(n = noun.artifact) - an instrument that measures atmospheric pressure;

Derived form adjective barometric₁, adjective barometrical₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

, n. Array

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. [1913 Webster]

Aneroid barometer. See Aneroid barometer, under Aneroid. -- Marine barometer, a barometer with tube contracted at bottom to prevent rapid oscillations of the mercury, and suspended in gimbals from an arm or support on shipboard. -- Mountain barometer, a portable mercurial barometer with tripod support, and long scale, for measuring heights. -- Siphon barometer, a barometer having a tube bent like a hook with the longer leg closed at the top. The height of the mercury in the longer leg shows the pressure of the atmosphere. -- Wheel barometer, a barometer with recurved tube, and a float, from which a cord passes over a pulley and moves an index.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

, n.
1 an instrument measuring atmospheric pressure, esp. in forecasting the weather and determining altitude.
2 anything which reflects changes in circumstances, opinions, etc.

Derivative

barometric adj. barometrical adj. barometry n.

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DEVIL DICTIONARY

n. An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.

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THESAURUS

aerological instrument, aneroid barometer, aneroidograph, barograph, barometrograph, canon, check, criterion, degree, feeler, gauge, glass, graduated scale, hurricane-hunter aircraft, hygrometer, measure, model, norm, parameter, pattern, pilot balloon, probe, quantity, radiosonde, random sample, reading, readout, recording barometer, rule, sample, scale, sound, sounder, standard, straw vote, test, touchstone, trial balloon, type, vacuometer, value, weather balloon, weather instrument, weather satellite, weather vane, weathercock, weatherglass, yardstick

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Air

N air, common air, atmospheric air, atmosphere, aerosphere, open air, sky, welkin, blue sky, cloud, weather, climate, rise and fall of the barometer, isobar, aerology, aerometry, aeroscopy, aeroscopy, aerography, meteorology, climatology, pneumatics, eudioscope, baroscope, aeroscope, eudiometer, barometer, aerometer, aneroid, baroscope, weather gauge, weather glass, weather cock, exposure to the air, exposure to the weather, ventilation, aerostation, aeronautics, aeronaut, containing air, flatulent, effervescent, windy, atmospheric, airy, aerial, aeriform, meteorological, weatherwise, in the open air, a la belle etoile, al fresco, sub jove dio.