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Definition of barometer
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Barometer
(n.) 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..
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Barometrical
::
Barometrical
(a.)
Pertaining
to the
barometer;
made or
indicated
by a
barometer;
as,
barometric
changes;
barometrical
observations..
Symplectic
::
Sympiesometer
(n.) A
sensitive
kind of
barometer,
in which the
pressure
of the
atmosphere,
acting
upon a
liquid,
as oil, in the lower
portion
of the
instrument,
compresses
an
elastic
gas in the upper
part..
Atmo
::
Atmo (n.) The
standard
atmospheric
pressure
used in
certain
physical
measurements
calculations;
conventionally,
that
pressure
under which the
barometer
stands
at 760
millimeters,
at a
temperature
of 0ยก
Centigrade,
at the level of the sea, and in the
latitude
of
Paris..
Torricellian
::
Torricellian
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to
Torricelli,
an
Italian
philosopher
and
mathematician,
who, in 1643,
discovered
that the rise of a
liquid
in a tube, as in the
barometer,
is due to
atmospheric
pressure.
See
Barometer..
Meteorometer
::
Meteorometer
(n.) An
apparatus
which
transmits
automatically
to a
central
station
atmospheric
changes
as
marked
by the
anemometer,
barometer,
thermometer,
etc..
Vernier
::
Vernier
(n.) A short scale made to slide along the
divisions
of a
graduated
instrument,
as the limb of a
sextant,
or the scale of a
barometer,
for
indicating
parts of
divisions.
It is so
graduated
that a
certain
convenient
number
of its
divisions
are just equal to a
certain
number,
either
one less or one more, of the
divisions
of the
instrument,
so that parts of a
division
are
determined
by
observing
what line on the
vernier
coincides
with a line on the
instrument..
Fall
::
Fall (v. t.) To
Descend,
either
suddenly
or
gradually;
particularly,
to
descend
by the force of
gravity;
to drop; to sink; as, the apple
falls;
the tide
falls;
the
mercury
falls in the
barometer..
Isobar
::
Isobar
(n.) A line
connecting
or
marking
places
upon the
surface
of the earth where
height
of the
barometer
reduced
to sea level is the same
either
at a given time, or for a
certain
period
(mean
height),
as for a year; an
isopiestic
line..
Hydrobarometer
::
Hydrobarometer
(n.) An
instrument
for
determining
the depth of the sea water by its
pressure.
Self-registering
::
Self-registering
(a.)
Registering
itself;
-- said of any
instrument
so
contrived
as to
record
its own
indications
of
phenomena,
whether
continuously
or at
stated
times,
as at the
maxima
and
minima
of
variations;
as, a
self-registering
anemometer
or
barometer..
Holosteric
::
Holosteric
(a.)
Wholly
solid;
-- said of a
barometer
constructed
of solid
materials
to show the
variations
of
atmospheric
pressure
without
the use of
liquids,
as the
aneroid..
#NAME?
::
-meter
() A
suffix
denoting
that by which
anything
is
measured;
as,
barometer,
chronometer,
dynamometer..
Mercurial
::
Mercurial
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to, or
containing,
mercury;
as,
mercurial
preparations,
barometer.
See
Mercury,
2..
Thermobarometer
::
Thermobarometer
(n.) An
instrument
for
determining
altitudes
by the
boiling
point of
water.
Barometrograph
::
Barometrograph
(n.) A form of
barometer
so
constructed
as to
inscribe
of
itself
upon paper a
record
of the
variations
of
atmospheric
pressure.
Reading
::
Reading
(n.) An
observation
read from the scale of a
graduated
instrument;
as, the
reading
of a
barometer..
Mercury
::
Mercury
(n.) A
metallic
element
mostly
obtained
by
reduction
from
cinnabar,
one of its ores. It is a
heavy,
opaque,
glistening
liquid
(commonly
called
quicksilver),
and is used in
barometers,
thermometers,
ect.
Specific
gravity
13.6.
Symbol
Hg
(Hydrargyrum).
Atomic
weight
199.8.
Mercury
has a
molecule
which
consists
of only one atom. It was named by the
alchemists
after the god
Mercury,
and
designated
by his
symbol,
/..
Barometer
::
Barometer
(n.) 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..
Baric
::
Baric (a.) Of or
pertaining
to
weight,
esp. to the
weight
or
pressure
of the
atmosphere
as
measured
by the
barometer..
Water Barometer
::
Water
barometer
() A
barometer
in which the
changes
of
atmospheric
pressure
are
indicated
by the
motion
of a
column
of water
instead
of
mercury.
It
requires
a
column
of water about
thirty-three
feet in
height.
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