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Barometric

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ba·rom·e·ter  (b-rm-tr)
n.
1. An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure, used especially in weather forecasting.
2. Something that registers or responds to fluctuations; an indicator: Opinion polls serve as a barometer of the public mood.
baro·metric (br-mtrk), baro·metri·cal adj.
baro·metri·cal·ly adv.
ba·rome·try n.
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Adj.1.barometric - relating to atmospheric pressure or indicated by a barometer; "barometric pressure"
barometrical
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The air was pure, the wind moderate, and the balloon ascended almost perpendicularly to a height of fifteen hundred feet, as indicated by a depression of two inches in the barometric column.
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First, I made a barometric observation, to get our altitude, but I could not perceive that there was any result.
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