0 a device that measures air pressure and shows when the weather is likely to change
This survey is considered to be a reliable barometer of public opinion.
1 a device that measures air pressure which shows when the weather is likely to change
2 something that is a sign of how a particular situation is developing, or how people's opinions on a particular matter are changing:
The need for deft handling is acknowledged : ' although the graphic satires ' relation to reality was skewed by fantasy and illusion, they remain invaluable cultural barometers' (p. 11).
Moreover, these traditional barometers have an unlimited lifespan, unlike their digital successors, which work on batteries and therefore use energy.
Alternatively, they can buy a second-hand one, as the directive is about the release onto the market of new barometers.
We cannot, for reasons of nostalgia, continue to produce barometers that are environmental hazards.
I trust that in the name of common sense we will say no to the ban on the production of barometers.
If they were genuine they would only show what is happening, but they do not even do that, so they are merely pseudo-barometers.
The present levels of unemployment and inflation—the most obvious barometers of success or failure—are wholly unacceptable.
Barometers may break or leak, so that mercury ends up in the environment anyway.
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