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Definition of Barometric pressure
1. Noun. Atmospheric pressure as indicated by a barometer.
Medical Definition of Barometric pressure
1. The absolute pressure of the ambient atmosphere, varying with weather, altitude, etc.; expressed in millibars (meteorology) or mm Hg or torr (respiratory physiology); at sea level, one atmosphere (atm, 760 mm Hg or torr) is equivalent to: 14.69595 lb/sq in, 1013.25 millibars, 1013.25 × 106 dynes/cm2, and, in SI units, 101,325 pascals (Pa). Synonym: atmospheric pressure. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Barometric Pressure
Literary usage of Barometric pressure
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1894)
"WH BEEHLER, USN [Extract from the papers of the Chicago Meteorological congress,
August, 1893.] The effect of the barometric pressure on the Gulf Stream has ..."
2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1887)
"The following Papers were read :— I. " Some Anomalies in the Winds of Northern
India, and their Relation to the Distribution of barometric pressure. ..."
3. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society by Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) (1890)
"On the distribution of barometric pressure at the average level of the Hill
Stations in India, and its probable effect on the ..."
4. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1898)
"... indicating that the centre of the depression was then situated north-west and
north of Norway :— Mean barometric pressure in January 1898. ..."
5. Monthly Weather Review by American Meteorological Society, United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States. Weather Bureau (1889)
"The 8 pm report of the same date indicated low barometric pressure along the
northern boundary of the United States from the Saint Lawrence Valley to ..."
6. Bulletin by United States Weather Bureau (1902)
"These give the variations in the barometric pressure, the temperature, the vapor
tension, ... THE barometric pressure. The trend of all the barometric ..."
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