Definition of Barometers

1. Noun. (plural of barometer) ¹

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Definition of Barometers

1. barometer [n] - See also: barometer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Barometers

baroclinic
baroclinicity
baroclinity
barocliny
barognosis
barogram
barograms
barograph
barographic
barographs
barologist
barologists
barology
baromacrometer
barometer
barometers (current term)
barometre
barometres
barometric
barometric pressure
barometrical
barometrically
barometries
barometrograph
barometrographs
barometry
baron
baron and femme
baronage

Literary usage of Barometers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society by Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) (1886)
"(Illustrations of some of the barometers are given on Plate 3.) MERCURIAL barometers-ADJUSTABLE CISTERN. 1- Portable or Mountain Barometer, with ivory float ..."

2. The Principles and Practice of Surveying by Charles Blaney Breed, George Leonard Hosmer (1908)
"BY Two barometers. In this method the variation of the atmospheric pressure at some fixed station whose elevation is known is directly observed by means of ..."

3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1857)
"Account of the Construction of a Standard Barometer, and of the Apparatus and Processes employed in the Verification of barometers at the Kew Observatory. ..."

4. Circular by United States Weather Bureau, Confederate States of America Nitre and Mining Bureau (1909)
"MISCELLANEOUS barometers. 59. Many curious and interesting forms of barometers have been devised for the purpose of showing the changes of air pressure in ..."

5. Vehicles of the Air: A Popular Exposition of Modern Aeronautics with Working by Victor Lougheed (1910)
"barometers A barometer carried on an aerial vehicle serves two purposes, ... MERCURIAL barometers Perhaps the most reliable type of barometer is that in ..."

6. Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1843)
"It is evident that there are many advantages attending this mode of construction, which are not to be found in the barometers as usually formed for general ..."

7. Manual of Physico-chemical Measurements by Wilhelm Ostwald (1894)
"The same device may of course also be applied to barometers. ... barometers.—barometers are a special sort of vacuum manometer and serve to measure the ..."

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