barometer

Pronunciation: /bəˈɹɒm.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/

The English word “barometer” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.
Anything used as a gauge or indicator.

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.

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