barograph

English

Etymology

baro- +‎ -graph

Noun

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^[1]:

     Thanks to their barograph, however, they could judge their height above the sea.

   • 1913, Captain R. F. Scott, Scott's Last Expedition Volume I‎^[2]:

     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 .

Derived terms

• microbarograph
• pedobarograph
• thermobarograph

 

Related terms

• barographic
• barography

Translations

Translations

• Polish: barograf (pl) m