barometric

See also: baromètric

English

Etymology

From baro- +‎ -metric.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌbæɹəˈmɛtɹɪk/

Adjective

barometric (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to atmospheric pressure.

   A low barometric pressure is characteristic of hurricanes.

   • 2024 November 19, Tomas Weber, “Ozempic Could Crush the Junk Food Industry. But It Is Fighting Back.”, in The New York Times Magazine‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 November 2024:

     Barb Stuckey, the company's chief innovation and marketing officer, who describes herself as a hypertaster and whose tongue can detect changes in barometric pressure, greeted me in the hall carrying an armful of milk cartons.

2. Made or done with a barometer.

Derived terms

• barometrically
• barometric pressure
• geobarometric
• geothermobarometric
• isobarometric
• nonbarometric

Related terms

• barometer

Translations

of or pertaining to atmospheric pressure

Catalan: baromètric French: barométrique (fr) German: barometrisch (de) Italian: barometrico (it) Polish: barometryczny (pl) Portuguese: barométrico Romanian: barometric (ro) Spanish: barométrico (es)

relating to a barometer

Polish: barometryczny (pl) Portuguese: barométrico

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French barométrique.

Adjective

barometric m or n (feminine singular barometrică, masculine plural barometrici, feminine/neuter plural barometrice)

1. barometric

Declension

Declension of barometric

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	barometric		barometrică		barometrici	barometrice
	definite	barometricul		barometrica		barometricii	barometricele
genitive- dative	indefinite	barometric		barometrice		barometrici	barometrice
	definite	barometricului		barometricei		barometricilor	barometricelor