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Webster 1913 Edition
Barometer
Ba-rom′e-ter
,Noun.
[Gr.
βάροσ
weight + -meter
: cf. F. baromètre
.] 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.
☞ The barometer was invented by Torricelli at Florence about 1643. It is made in its simplest form by filling a graduated glass tube about 34 inches long with mercury and inverting it in a cup containing mercury. The column of mercury in the tube descends until balanced by the weight of the atmosphere, and its rise or fall under varying conditions is a measure of the change in the atmospheric pressure. At the sea level its ordinary height is about 30 inches (760 millimeters). See
Sympiesometer
. Nichol.
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.
Definition 2024
Barometer
Barometer
German
Noun
Barometer n (genitive Barometers, plural Barometer)
- barometer (instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure)
Declension
Declension of Barometer
| singular | plural | ||||
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| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | das | Barometer | die | Barometer |
| genitive | eines | des | Barometers | der | Barometer |
| dative | einem | dem | Barometer | den | Barometern |
| accusative | ein | das | Barometer | die | Barometer |
barometer
barometer
English
A barometer.
Alternative forms
- barometre (nonstandard)
Noun
barometer (plural barometers)
- An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.
- Anything used as a gauge or indicator.
Translations
an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
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Danish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”) + -meter.
Noun
barometer n (definite singular barometeret or barometret, indefinite plural barometre, definite plural barometrene)
References
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”) + -meter.
Noun
barometer n (definite singular barometeret or barometret, indefinite plural barometer or barometre, definite plural barometra or barometrene)
References
- “barometer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”) + -meter.
Noun
barometer n (definite singular barometeret, indefinite plural barometer, definite plural barometera)
References
- “barometer” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Noun
barometer c
Declension
Declension of barometer
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common | indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite |
| nominative | barometer | barometern | barometrar | barometrarna |
| genitive | barometers | barometerns | barometrars | barometrarnas |