Synonyms for barometer


Grammar : Noun
Spell : buh-rom-i-ter
Phonetic Transcription : bəˈrɒm ɪ tər


Définition of barometer

Origin :
  • 1660s, from Greek baros "weight" (from barys "heavy;" see grave (adj.)) + -meter. Probably coined (and certainly popularized) by English scientist Robert Boyle (1627-1691).
  • noun instrument that measures atmospheric pressure
Example sentences :
  • Barometer 28.48; thermometer 68 degrees at half-past five o'clock.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • We are much in want of rain, and thought we should have had some, but the barometer is rising this evening.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • Found the barometer had got broken, which I was very sorry for.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • The mercury in the barometer was falling, and so was the rain.
  • Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
  • The tail of the Angora serves as a barometer of its bodily and mental condition.
  • Extract from : « Concerning Cats » by Helen M. Winslow
  • The barometer stood at 3010, and the temperature fell to 60.
  • Extract from : « The Last Voyage » by Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey
  • The temperature had risen to 63, and the barometer stood at 3019.
  • Extract from : « The Last Voyage » by Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey
  • The word "barometer" seemed to revive the second engineer's mad animosity.
  • Extract from : « Typhoon » by Joseph Conrad
  • No barometer will give warning of an easterly gale, were it ever so wet.
  • Extract from : « The Mirror of the Sea » by Joseph Conrad
  • They have but one barometer for everything that happens in Europe,—how are the exchanges?
  • Extract from : « The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly » by Charles James Lever

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