barometer
UK/bəˈɹɒm.ɪ.tə(ɹ)//bəˈɹɑ.mə.tɚ/
barometer noun: an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.
Noun
barometer (plural barometers)
- An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.
- Elsewhere, professionals could enthuse over new precision instruments capable, for instance, of measuring weights down to a tenth of a milligram, or over a host of self-registering thermometers and barometers, microscopes, typewriters, calculators and all sorts of technical and musical devices...1978, Jan Romein, The Watershed of Two Eras: Europe in 1900, page 303
- Anything used as a gauge or indicator.
- "An election is not necessarily an accurate barometer of public opinion. There are other ways in which it makes itself felt, through the press, the forum, discussion, and through every other type of communication."1916 Jun, Michigan Law Review, volume 14, number 8, pp. 661-665
- The weakest members of society become social barometers or canaries in a coal mine.2006, Anthony Marcus, Where Have All the Homeless Gone?: The Making and Unmaking of a Crisis, Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page 152
barometer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
barometer in Hindi
- an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- बैरोमीटर bairomīṭar, वायुदाबमापी vāyudābmāpī
barometer in Tamil
- an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- காற்றழுத்தமானி kāṟṟaḻuttamāṉi
barometer in Marathi
- बॅरोमीटर, बेरोमीटर, बैरोमीटर
barometer in Urdu
- an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- بار پَیما bār paimā, مِقْیاسُ الْہَوا miqyāsu l-havā, بَیرومِیٹَر bairomīṭar
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- barometer in Bengali
- ব্যারোমিটার bêrōmiṭar
- barometer in Telugu
- బేరోమీటర్, బ్యారోమీటర్, బారోమీటర్
- barometer in Malayalam
- അന്തരീക്ഷമർദ്ദം അളക്കുന്ന ഉപകരണം
- barometer in Kannada
- ವಾಯುಭಾರ ಮಾಪಕ vāyubhāra māpaka
- barometer in Punjabi
- ਬੈਰੋਮੀਟਰ, ਬੈਰੋ ਮੀਟਰ
- barometer in Gujarati
- બેરોમીટર
- barometer in Odia
- ବ୍ଯ଼ାରୋମିଟର, ବାରୋମିଟର, ବ୍ଯାରୋମିଟର
- barometer in Nepali
- ब्यारोमिटर, बेरोमिटर, बैरोमिटर
- barometer in Tagalog
- barometro
- barometer in Arabic
- بَارُومِتْر barumitr, مِقْياس ضَغْط جَوِّيّ miqyās ḍaḡṭ jawwiyy, مِرْوَاز mirwāz
- barometer in Malay
- jangka tekanan, barometer
- barometer in Indonesian
- barometer
- barometer in Thai
- บารอมิเตอร์ baa-rɔɔ-mí-dtə̂ə
- barometer in Vietnamese
- áp kế, khí áp kế, phong vũ biểu
- barometer in Myanmar
- ဘာရိုမီတာ bharuimita, လေဖိအားတိုင်း ကိရိယာ lehpi.a:tuing: ki.ri.ya
Examples of barometer in a sentence
- The barometer is up, so fine weather should be on the way.
- An evacuated bellows and mechanical linkage operates an aneroid barometer.
- That, that lastingness, that memorability (“quotability” is the word often used), that’s probably the best barometer.
Forms of barometer
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Origin of barometer
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.
Words formed from barometer
- aneroid barometer
- Eurobarometer
- Fitzroy barometer
- Fortin barometer
- geobarometer
- geothermobarometer
- hydrobarometer
- mercury barometer
- telebarometer
- thermobarometer
- Torricellian barometer
- water barometer
- wheel barometer
Words that rhyme with barometer
Questions about barometer
- What does barometer mean?
- Barometer means an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.
- What is barometer in Hindi?
- Barometer in Hindi is बैरोमीटर (bairomīṭar), वायुदाबमापी (vāyudābmāpī). See Barometer meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is barometer?
- Barometer is a noun.
- How do you pronounce barometer?
- Barometer is pronounced /bəˈɹɒm.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of barometer?
- The plural of barometer is barometers.
Words near barometer in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: barometer (page history and authors); barometer (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); barometer (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); barometer (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); barometer (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); barometer (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); barometer (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); barometer (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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