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Definition of Baroscope

1. n. Any instrument showing the changes in the weight of the atmosphere; also, less appropriately, any instrument that indicates or foreshadows changes of the weather, as a deep vial of liquid holding in suspension some substance which rises and falls with atmospheric changes.

Definition of Baroscope

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Medical Definition of Baroscope

1. Any instrument showing the changes in the weight of the atmosphere; also, less appropriately, any instrument that indicates -or foreshadows changes of the weather, as a deep vial of liquid holding in suspension some substance which rises and falls with atmospheric changes. Origin: Gr. Weight + -scope: cf. F. Baroscope. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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