Home > Terms > Spanish, Latin American (XL) > barómetro

barómetro

An instrument that measures atmospheric pressure. A mercury barometer is a closed tube filled with mercury inverted in a mercury reservoir. The height of the mercury column indicates atmospheric pressure (with 1 atm = 760 mm of mercury). An aneroid barometer consists of an evacuated container with a flexible wall. When atmospheric pressure changes, the wall flexes and moves a pointer which indicates the changing pressure on a scale.

0
Collect to Blossary

Member comments

You have to log in to post to discussions.

Terms in the News

Featured Terms

Gabriela Lozano
  • 0

    Terms

  • 0

    Blossaries

  • 7

    Followers

Industry/Domain: Water bodies Category: Lakes

Lago Hurón

The second largest of the Great Lakes of North America, bounded on the west by Michigan (U. S. ) and on the north and east by Ontario (Can. ). The ...

Contributor

Featured blossaries

Idioms from English Literature

Category: Literature   1 11 Terms

Harry Potter Spells

Category: Entertainment   1 20 Terms