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Webster 1913 Edition


Baroscope

Bar′o-scope

(băr′ō̍-skōp)
,
Noun.
[Gr.
βάροσ
weight +
-scope
: cf. F.
baroscope
.]
Any instrument showing the changes in the weight of the atmosphere; also, less appropriately, any instrument that indicates or foreshadows changes of the weather, as a deep vial of liquid holding in suspension some substance which rises and falls with atmospheric changes.

Webster 1828 Edition


Baroscope

BAR'OSCOPE

,
Noun.
[Gr.weight, and to view.] An instrument to show the weight of the atmosphere; superseded by the Barometer.

Definition 2024


baroscope

baroscope

English

Noun

baroscope (plural baroscopes)

  1. barometer

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French

Etymology

baro- + -scope

Noun

baroscope m (plural baroscopes)

  1. baroscope

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