ALL meanings of barometer
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B b - countable noun barometer A barometer is an instrument that measures air pressure and shows when the weather is changing. 3
- countable noun barometer If something is a barometer of a particular situation, it indicates how things are changing or how things are likely to develop. 3
- noun barometer an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure, usually to determine altitude or weather changes 3
- noun barometer anything that shows change or impending change 3
- noun barometer an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure, esp. an aneroid barometer or an evacuated and graduated glass tube (mercury barometer) in which a column of mercury rises or falls as the pressure of the atmosphere increases or decreases: barometers are used in forecasting changes in the weather or finding height above sea level 3
- noun barometer anything that reflects or indicates change 3
- noun barometer air pressure gauge 1
- noun barometer An instrument measuring atmospheric pressure, used especially in forecasting the weather and determining altitude. 1
- noun barometer Meteorology. any instrument that measures atmospheric pressure. Compare aneroid barometer, mercury barometer. 1
- noun barometer anything that indicates changes. 1
- noun barometer An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure. 0
- noun barometer Anything used as a gauge or indicator. 0