Definition of Barometer

Baptism

BAROMETER noun

	An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

Barrack

Regular definition:

BAROMETER:
b??r?m?t? n. 1 an instrument measuring atmospheric pressure, esp. in forecasting the weather and determining altitude. 2 anything which reflects changes in circumstances, opinions, etc. øøbarometric adj. barometrical adj. barometry n.

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