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Barometric pressure   /bˌærəmˈɛtrɪk prˈɛʃər/   Listen
Barometric pressure

noun
1.
Atmospheric pressure as indicated by a barometer.





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"Barometric pressure" Quotes from Famous Books



... after midsummer the temperature falls, the vast dry tract of the Asiatic continent becomes colder, the barometric pressure over the land increases, and the winds begin to blow from the northeast, which are called the northeast monsoon, and cause a second rainy season from October to December. These winds, or monsoons, enable ...
— Modern India • William Eleroy Curtis
... the choice of standing by the side of their sledges and eating their lunch, or setting the tent and taking shelter. They generally chose the latter alternative, making up for it by going an hour longer in the afternoon. Besides the astronomical observations, the barometric pressure, temperature, force and direction of the wind, and amount of cloud were noted three times daily; every evening a hypsometer reading ...
— The South Pole, Volumes 1 and 2 • Roald Amundsen


Words linked to "Barometric pressure" :   pressure, air pressure, atmospheric pressure


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