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Webster 1828 Edition


Barom

BAROM

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Noun.
[Gr.weight, and measure.]
An instrument for measuring the weight or pressure of the atmosphere, consisting of a glass tube,hermetically sealed at one end, filled with quicksilver, well defecated and purged of air, and inverted in a basin of quicksilver. A column of quicksilver is then supported in the tube, of equal weight with the incumbent
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atmosphere. This instrument was invented by Torricelli, of Florence, in 1643. Its uses are to indicate changes of weather, and to determine the altitude of mountains, by the falling and rising of the mercury. For this purpose,the tube is fixed to a graduated scale, so that the smallest variation in the column is visible.

Definition 2024


barom

barom

Hungarian

Noun

barom (plural barmok)

  1. beast
  2. (offensive) ****

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative barom barmok
accusative barmot barmokat
dative baromnak barmoknak
instrumental barommal barmokkal
causal-final baromért barmokért
translative barommá barmokká
terminative baromig barmokig
essive-formal baromként barmokként
essive-modal
inessive baromban barmokban
superessive barmon barmokon
adessive baromnál barmoknál
illative baromba barmokba
sublative baromra barmokra
allative baromhoz barmokhoz
elative baromból barmokból
delative baromról barmokról
ablative baromtól barmoktól
Possessive forms of barom
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. barmom barmaim
2nd person sing. barmod barmaid
3rd person sing. barma barmai
1st person plural barmunk barmaink
2nd person plural barmotok barmaitok
3rd person plural barmuk barmaik

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