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baroscope
[ bar-uh-skohp ]
noun
- an instrument showing roughly the variations in atmospheric pressure.
baroscope
/ ˈbærəˌskəʊp; ˌbærəˈskɒpɪk /
noun
- any instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure, esp a manometer with one side open to the atmosphere
Derived Forms
- baroscopic, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²ú²¹°ù·´Ç·²õ³¦´Ç±è·¾±³¦ [bar-, uh, -, skop, -ik], ²ú²¹°ùo·²õ³¦´Ç±èi·³¦²¹±ô adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of baroscope1
Example Sentences
Pertaining to, or determined by, the baroscope.
Baroscope, bar′Å-skÅp, n. an instrument for indicating changes in the density of the air.
Hearing afterwards of an Earthquake observed by others; I looked on my Notes concerning my Thermoscope and Baroscope, to see if any alteration considerable had then happened.
Upon this Occasion, it will not be unseasonable to give some General accounts of what I have in my Thermoscope and Baroscope observed.
This Statical Baroscope will oftentimes be more parable, than the other: For many will finde it more easie, to procure a good pair of Gold-scales, and a Buble or two, than a long Cane seal'd, a quantity of Quick-silver, and all the other requisits of the Mercurial Baroscope; especially if we comprise the trouble and skill, that is requisite to free the deserted part of the Tube from Air.
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