barograph

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Etymology

From baro- +‎ -graph.

Noun

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barograph (plural barographs)

  1. (meteorology) A type of barometer that continuously records air pressure on a sheet or rotating drum
    • 1911, Margaret Burnham, The Girl Aviators' Sky Cruise‎:
      Thanks to their barograph, however, they could judge their height above the sea.
    • 1913, Captain R. F. Scott, Scott's Last Expedition Volume I‎:
      At noon the barograph curve turned up and the wind moderated, the sky gradually clearing.
  2. (medicine) An illuminated glass plate covered by a pressure sensitive sheet, used to measure pressure.
    • 1999 July, Mahesh M. Bhatia, K.M. Patil, “New On-line Parameters for Analysis of Dynamic Foot Pressures in Neuropathic Feet of Hansen's Disease Subjects”, in Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development, volume 36, number 3, page 265:
      A module in the program calculates the load acting on the barograph at the instant of image grabbing .

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