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Definition of storm glass in English: storm glassnoun historical A sealed tube containing a liquid, the clarity of which was thought to change when storms approach. Example sentencesExamples - If the liquid in this storm glass is clear, the weather should be bright and clear.
- Observing the liquid in the storm glass was supposed to indicate changes in the weather.
- The first storm glasses likely appeared around 1750, but their first documented shipboard use dates to the Beagle's famed 1831-36 circumnavigation.
- The water barometer, or storm glass, is of the type used since the 17th century to demonstrate variations in atmospheric pressure quickly and reliably.
- FitzRoy described the various crystal shapes and patterns that would develop within the storm glass according to different wind directions and weather conditions.
Definition of storm glass in US English: storm glassnoun historical A sealed tube containing a solution whose clarity is thought to change when storms approach. Example sentencesExamples - The first storm glasses likely appeared around 1750, but their first documented shipboard use dates to the Beagle's famed 1831-36 circumnavigation.
- FitzRoy described the various crystal shapes and patterns that would develop within the storm glass according to different wind directions and weather conditions.
- If the liquid in this storm glass is clear, the weather should be bright and clear.
- The water barometer, or storm glass, is of the type used since the 17th century to demonstrate variations in atmospheric pressure quickly and reliably.
- Observing the liquid in the storm glass was supposed to indicate changes in the weather.
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