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BAROMETRIC PRESSURE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does barometric pressure mean?
• BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (noun)
The noun BAROMETRIC PRESSURE has 1 sense:
1. atmospheric pressure as indicated by a barometer
Familiarity information: BAROMETRIC PRESSURE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Atmospheric pressure as indicated by a barometer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("barometric pressure" is a kind of...):
air pressure; atmospheric pressure; pressure (the pressure exerted by the atmosphere)
Context examples
“It is entirely a question of barometric pressure.”
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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