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barometer

Medspeak
A poetic alternative to prognosticator
 
Meteorology
An instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure.
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ba·rom·e·ter

(băr-om'ĕ-tĕr)
Instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure.
[G. baros, weight, + metron, measure]
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However, those films that had barometrically foretold the surrender, like Quai des brumes and Regle du jeu, had to be banned as humiliating witnesses." (50-51 in Robin Bates, "Audiences on the Verge of a Fascist Breakdown: Male Anxieties and Late 1930s French Film," Cinema Journal 36.3 [Spring 1997], 25-55.)
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