Meaning

2 senses

  1. An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

    Barometer

    баро́метрbarómetr

    баро́метрbarómetr

    an instrument that measures atmospheric pressure

  2. (broadly, figuratively)Anything used as a gauge or indicator.

    баро́метрbarómetr

Examples

14 sentences

  1. The retail price index is a barometer of economic activity.

    Індекс роздрібних цін - це барометр економічної діяльності.

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  2. The barometer is falling. It's going to rain.

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  3. The needle of the barometer fell low.

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  4. Blood pressure is important as a barometer of health.

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  5. We take several readings of the barometer per day.

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Translations

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an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure:
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an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure:
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an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure:

Origin

From baro- + -meter. Coined in 1665 by Robert Boyle as a name for the instrument invented

From baro- + -meter. Coined in 1665 by Robert Boyle as a name for the instrument invented by Torricelli some 20 years earlier; soon thereafter borrowed from English into various languages.

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Forms

plural: barometers
Singularbarometer
Pluralbarometers

regular

Word family

11 related words
Relatedbathometerbarometricbarometrical
Derivedaneroid barometergeobarometergeothermobarometerhydrobarometermercury barometertelebarometerthermobarometerwater barometer

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
barnaclebarneybaronbaroqueC2barracks
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