barograph
nounEtymology From baro- + -graph.
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Climatology, Meteorology, Natural sciences A type of barometer that continuously records air pressure on a sheet or rotating drum
- Thanks to their barograph, however, they could judge their height above the sea.1911, Margaret Burnham, The Girl Aviators' Sky Cruise:
- At noon the barograph curve turned up and the wind moderated, the sky gradually clearing.1913, Captain R. F. Scott, Scott's Last Expedition Volume I:
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Medicine, Sciences An illuminated glass plate covered by a pressure sensitive sheet, used to measure pressure.
- A module in the program calculates the load acting on the barograph at the instant of image grabbing .1999 July, Mahesh M. Bhatia, K.M. Patil, “New On-line Parameters for Analysis of Dynamic Foot Pressures in Neuropathic Feet of Hansen's Disease Subjects”, in Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development, volume 36, number 3, page 265:
- Derived terms
- microbarograph, pedobarograph, thermobarograph
- Related terms
- barographic, barography