Latvian

Barometra stabiņš (2)

Noun

stabiņš m (1st declension)

1. diminutive of stabs
2. column (part of a thermometer or barometer: a thin tube filled with a liquid substance, usually mercury)

   spirta, ūdens stabiņš‎ ― alcohol, water column

   dzīvsudraba stabiņa milimetrs‎ ― millimeter of mercury

   termometra stabiņš noslīdēja līdz divdesmit diviem gradiem zem nulles‎ ― the thermometer (column) dropped till twenty-two degrees below zero

   dzīvsudraba stabiņš termometrā bija uzkāpis pāri četrdesmit grādiem‎ ― the mercury (column) in the thermometer had gone up beyond the 40 degrees

3. column (a set of words, ciphers, etc. written one above the other)

   burtu stabiņš‎ ― a column of letters

4. (crochet) a move in which the thread is pulled through two or more loops

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