Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fortin barometer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.15 in modern English

Syllables: fort-in barom-e-ter
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of barometer using a variable-displacement mercury cistern, usually constructed with a thumbscrew pressing on a leather diaphragm bottom, which compensates for displacement of mercury in the column with varying pressure.

Etymology

Invented by Jean Nicolas Fortin.

Inflected Forms

Fortin barometers (plural)

Questions

What does fortin barometer mean?: A kind of barometer using a variable-displacement mercury cistern, usually constructed with a thumbscrew pressing on a leather diaphragm bottom, which compensates for displacement of mercury in the column with varying pressure.
Where does fortin barometer come from?: Invented by Jean Nicolas Fortin.

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