''barometric'' ▫ᴱᴺ｜Definition｜1st｜20260821000501-00-⌔

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English

Adjective

barometric (not comparable)

• Of or pertaining to atmospheric pressure.
  • ✤ A low barometric pressure is characteristic of hurricanes.
  • ✤ 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.¹
• Made or done with a barometer.

Etymology

From baro- + -metric.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌbæɹəˈmɛtɹɪk/

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Footnotes

1. 2024 November 19, Tomas Weber, “Ozempic Could Crush the Junk Food Industry. But It Is Fighting Back.”, in The New York Times Magazine ‎${}^{[1]}$, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 November 2024: ↩