baroscope

[bar-uh-skohp]

bar·o·scope

[bar-uh-skohp]
noun
an instrument showing roughly the variations in atmospheric pressure.

Origin:
1655–65; baro- + -scope

bar·o·scop·ic [bar-uh-skop-ik] , bar·o·scop·i·cal, adjective
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baroscope (ˈbærəˌskəʊp)
 
n
any instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure, esp a manometer with one side open to the atmosphere
 
baroscopic
 
adj

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