transcription, транскрипция: [ bərɒmɪtə(r) ]
( barometers)
1.
A barometer is an instrument that measures air pressure and shows when the weather is changing.
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2.
If something is a barometer of a particular situation, it indicates how things are changing or how things are likely to develop.
In past presidential elections, Missouri has been a barometer of the rest of the country...
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