Barometer is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Barometer meaning
- An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.
- Anything used as a gauge or indicator.
Synonyms of Barometer
Using Barometer
- The main meaning on this page is: An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure. | Anything used as a gauge or indicator.
- Useful related words include: measuring instrument, measuring system, measuring device.
- In the example corpus, barometer often appears in combinations such as: barometer of, the barometer, barometer for.
Context around Barometer
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 10 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Barometer
- In this selection, "barometer" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, oil, tallest, storm, capital, using and produced stand out and add context to how "barometer" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a good barometer of overall and a great barometer for retail. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "barometer" sits close to words such as abeokuta, abstained and accenture, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with barometer
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Senior center Samantha Trimberger is Benet’s barometer. (8 words)
It is a great barometer for retail as the largest retailer globally. (12 words)
An inverted yield curve is irrelevant as a barometer from a historical perspective. (13 words)
Assume a barometer with a cross-sectional area A, a height h, filled with mercury from the bottom at Point B to the top at Point C. The pressure at the bottom of the barometer, Point B, is equal to the atmospheric pressure. (43 words)
Galileo advertised the puzzle to other scientists, including Gaspar Berti who replicated it by building the first water barometer in Rome in 1639. citation Berti's barometer produced a vacuum above the water column, but he could not explain it. (40 words)
Inflation-adjusted real wages, a barometer of consumers’ purchasing power, fell 1.6 percent from a year earlier, a faster decrease than May’s 0.9 percent drop, extending a streak of contractions since April 2022. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Vacuum pump oil barometer Using vacuum pump oil as the working fluid in a barometer has led to the creation of the new "World's Tallest Barometer" in February 2013.
Assume a barometer with a cross-sectional area A, a height h, filled with mercury from the bottom at Point B to the top at Point C. The pressure at the bottom of the barometer, Point B, is equal to the atmospheric pressure.
From variations on the storm barometer, such as the Collins Patent Table Barometer, to more traditional looking designs such as Hooke's Otheometer and the Ross Sympiesometer.
Galileo advertised the puzzle to other scientists, including Gaspar Berti who replicated it by building the first water barometer in Rome in 1639. citation Berti's barometer produced a vacuum above the water column, but he could not explain it.
Although bitcoin and the crypto space have little to do with the stock market, some traders monitor the space on the belief that they provide a good barometer of overall risk appetite.
An inverted yield curve is irrelevant as a barometer from a historical perspective.
Conscientiously, he noted the daily barometer, wind and thermometer readings, describing the weather through each day.
Finally, Barometer Capital Management Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Eli Lilly and Company in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $561,000.
If it can, buyers and sellers will need to decide which way to go at the key barometer in the short term at least.
Inflation-adjusted real wages, a barometer of consumers’ purchasing power, fell 1.6 percent from a year earlier, a faster decrease than May’s 0.9 percent drop, extending a streak of contractions since April 2022.
It is a great barometer for retail as the largest retailer globally.
It will be closely watched by China's neighbours and in Washington as a barometer of how aggressively the country will beef up its military.
Mixed bag is probably the best description of the June, July and August months covered in the latest barometer - the peak time for the vital tourism sector in Wales.
O’Brien said the notices are a barometer of how actively institutions are working to comply with the law.
Senior center Samantha Trimberger is Benet’s barometer.
The findings from last year’s barometer was that a large proportion expressed a feeling they missed out on being young,” he said.
The referendum — widely seen as a barometer of support for Lasso — was overwhelmingly rejected by most Ecuadorians.
The SBC Election Barometer is an online poll by the Sotomo research institute in Zurich.
Barometer Capital Management Inc. purchased a new position in Bank of America in the fourth quarter worth $2,175,000.
But now, the local stock barometer seems to have gone back to levels seen when the market was at its weakest in 2024.
Common combinations with barometer
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- barometer of 23×
- the barometer 16×
- barometer for 13×
- barometer in 5×
- as barometer 5×
- trust barometer 5×
- aneroid barometer 5×
- key barometer 4×
- in barometer 3×
- barometer has 3×