Dictionary

barometer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• [bəˈɹɒm.ə.ɾɚ] (Canada, dialectal) of the US
• /bəˈɹɒm.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (California) audio
• /bəˈɹɒm.ə.tɚ/ (Canada, dialectal) of the US
• [bəˈɹɔ̟m.ə.ɾə(ɹ)] (New-Zealand)
• /bəˈɹɑ.mə.tɚ/ (Atlantic-Canada, General-American)
• [bəˈɹɔ̟m.ə.tə(ɹ)] (New-Zealand)
• [bəˈɹɑ.mə.ɾɚ] (Atlantic-Canada, General-American)
• [bəˈɹɔm.ɪ.ɾə(ɹ)] (Australia)
• /bəˈɹɔm.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/ (Australia)

Etymology

From baro- + -meter. Coined in 1665 by Robert Boyle as a name for the instrument invented by Torricelli some 20 years earlier; soon thereafter borrowed from English into various languages.

Meanings

1. An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.
   • Elsewhere, professionals could enthuse over new precision instruments capable, for instance, of measuring weights down to a tenth of a milligram, or over a host of self-registering thermometers and barometers, microscopes, typewriters, calculators and all sorts of technical and musical devices, including automatic concertinas, edeophones, auto-harps, bigophones and other long-forgotten objects. 1978, Jan Romein, The Watershed of Two Eras: Europe in 1900, page 303:
2. (broadly, figuratively) Anything used as a gauge or indicator.
   • Elections in six Malaysian states on Saturday will serve as a barometer of public sentiment for Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s unity government against a powerful opposition consisting of Malay-Muslim political parties. 2023 August 10, “Owners of ‘LGBT’ Swatch watches could be jailed for three years in Malaysia”, in The Guardian:
   • Italy’s 10-year yield spread versus Germany, considered a barometer of political and economic risks in the euro area, climbed as high as 1.9 percentage points on Tuesday, its widest since the early stages of the pandemic when investors dumped riskier eurozone government debt. 2022 May 4, Tommy Stubbington, Martin Arnold, “ECB policy tightening sends eurozone borrowing costs soaring”, in Financial Times:
   • The weakest members of society become social barometers or canaries in a coal mine. 2006, Anthony Marcus, Where Have All the Homeless Gone?: The Making and Unmaking of a Crisis, Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page 152:
   • "An election is not necessarily an accurate barometer of public opinion. There are other ways in which it makes itself felt, through the press, the forum, discussion, and through every other type of communication." 1916 Jun, Michigan Law Review, volume 14, number 8, pp. 661-665:

Forms

Deriveds

hydrobarometer · mercury barometer · telebarometer · Fitzroy barometer · thermobarometer · aneroid barometer · wheel barometer · water barometer · Eurobarometer · Torricellian barometer · geothermobarometer · Fortin barometer · geobarometer

Relateds

bathometer

Translations (112)

id barometer (anything used as a gauge or indicator) · vi áp kế (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · hy ծանրաչափ (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · tr barometre (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · pl barometr (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · cmn 氣壓表 /气压表 (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · ta காற்றழுத்தமானி (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · hy բարոմետր (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · ar مِرْوَاز (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · mn барометр (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · id barometer (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · kmr barometre (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · fi barometri (anything used as a gauge or indicator) · sh ба̏рометар (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · sk barometer (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · ka ბარომეტრი (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · ast barómetru (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · gd glainne-shìde (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · izh barometra (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · sq barometër m barometri (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · uk баро́метр (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · kmr fişarpîvk (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · fi barometri (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · bg бароме́тър (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · da barometer (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · tg барометр (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · hi वायुदाबमापी (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · eo baroskopo (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · nl barometer (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · ru баро́метр (anything used as a gauge or indicator) · sv barometer (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · my လေဖိအားတိုင်း ကိရိယာ (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · eo aerpremomezurilo (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · hu légnyomásmérő (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · hu barométer (anything used as a gauge or indicator) · my ဘာရိုမီတာ (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · pt barômetro (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · tl barometro (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · ro barometru (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · ms barometer (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · az barometr (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · cs barometr (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · pt barómetro (anything used as a gauge or indicator) · ga baraiméadar (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · vi khí áp kế (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · cy hinfynag (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · fa-ira فِشارْسَنْج (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · kk барометр (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · ms jangka tekanan (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · gl barómetro (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · gd meidh-àile (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · th บารอมิเตอร์ (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · lt barometras (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · pl wskaźnik (anything used as a gauge or indicator) · io baroskopo (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · ja 気圧計 (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · pt barômetro (anything used as a gauge or indicator) · km បារ៉ូម៉ែត (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · cy baromedr (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · fy waarglês (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · nn barometer (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · sk tlakomer (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · es barómetro (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · de Barometer (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · ko 기압계 (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · lv barometrs (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · eo barometro (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · kn ವಾಯುಭಾರ ಮಾಪಕ (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · uz barometr (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · bg бароме́тър (anything used as a gauge or indicator) · mt barometru (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · mk бароме́тар (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · et baromeeter (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · is loftvog (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · he בָּרוֹמֶטֶר (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · ky барометр (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · it barometro (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · fi ilmanpainemittari (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · fa-ira بارومِتْر (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · ca baròmetre (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · ur مِقْیاسُ الْہَوا (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · af barometer (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · vi phong vũ biểu (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · el βαρόμετρο (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · sl barometer (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · bg мери́ло (anything used as a gauge or indicator) · tg фишорсанҷ (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · pt barómetro (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · ar بَارُومِتْر (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · ka ბარომეტრი (anything used as a gauge or indicator) · fr baromètre (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · hi बैरोमीटर (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · tk barometr (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · sh bȁrometar (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · ur بَیرومِیٹَر (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · io barometro (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · bn ব্যারোমিটার (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · zu izwamoya (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · la baroscopium (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · ur بار پَیما (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · pl barometr (anything used as a gauge or indicator) · hu barométer (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · sv barometer (anything used as a gauge or indicator) · cs tlakoměr (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · nl drukmeter (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · ru баро́метр (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · tr basınçölçer (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · eu barometro (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · nb barometer (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · cmn 氣壓計 /气压计 (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · be баро́метр (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) · ar مِقْياس ضَغْط جَوِّيّ (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure)

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