Fortin barometer
noun
For·tin barometer
(ˈ)fȯr¦taⁿ-
variants or less commonly fortin's barometer
: a cup barometer having an adjustable cistern
Word History
Etymology
after Jean Fortin †1831 French physicist and engineer, its inventor
- thermal agitation
- thermal ammeter
- thermal analysis
- thermal barrier
- thermal belt
- thermal black
- thermal conduction
- thermal conductivity
- thermal converter
- thermal cracking
- thermal cutout
- thermal diffusion
- thermal diffusivity
- thermal efficiency
- thermal effusion
- thermal electromotive force
- thermal energy
- thermal equator
- thermal equilibrium
- thermal expansion
- thermal head
- thermal inertia
- thermal insulation
- thermal ionization
- thermal metamorphism