aneroid barometernoun [ C ]
uk/ˌæn.ə.rɔɪd bəˈrɒm.ɪ.tər/us/ˌæn.ə.rɔɪd bəˈrɑː.mə.t̬ɚ/a piece of equipment that uses a small box whose shape can change in order to measure air pressure and show when the weather is likely to change
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Weather & climate - general words
- ambient
- atmospherics
- aurora
- barometer
- barometric pressure
- climatic
- clime
- equatorial
- frontal system
- glass
- isotherm
- low-pressure
- met
- microclimate
- pollen count
- rarefied
- the Met Office
- weather
- weather station
- zone
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