1 an instrument for measuring air pressure to show when the weather will change:
The barometer is falling (= showing that it will probably rain).
2 (written) something that shows the changes that are happening in an economic, social or political situation:
Infant mortality is a reliable barometer of socio-economic conditions.
barometric adjective:
barometric pressure
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