单词 | thermobarometer |
释义 | > as lemmasthermobarometer thermobarometer n. Brit. /ˌθəːmə(ʊ)bəˈrɒmᵻtə/ , U.S. /ˌθərmoʊbəˈrɑmədər/ a name given to two distinct modifications of the barometer: see quots. [Compare German Thermobarometer (1818 or earlier).] ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring altitude hypsometer1864 thermobarometer1864 altimeter1904 altigraph1914 radio altimeter1927 absolute altimeter1930 barometric altimeter1930 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > meteorological instruments > [noun] > instrument measuring pressure and temperature thermobarometer1864 thermobarograph1891 barothermograph1896 1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Thermobarometer, a barometric instrument graduated for giving altitudes by the boiling point of water. 1868 H. Watts Dict. Chem. V. 761 Thermobarometer... Applied by Belloni to a syphon-barometer having its two wide legs united by a narrow tube, so that it could be used either in its ordinary position as a barometer, or in the reversed position as a thermometer. < as lemmas |
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