Meaning Of The Word Barometer

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barometer
countable noun: A barometer is an instrument that measures air pressure and shows when the weather is changing.
countable noun: If something is a barometer of a particular situation, it indicates how things are changing or how things are likely to develop.

barometer in American English
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
noun: any instrument that measures atmospheric pressure

barometer in British English
noun: an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure, usually to determine altitude or weather changes

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