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Barograph

Definition: Barograph

Barograph

Noun

1. A recording barometer; automatically records on paper the variations in atmospheric pressure.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Etymology: Barograph \Bar"o*graph\, noun. [Greek expression weight -graph.]. (Websters 1913)



Specialty Definitions: Barograph

DomainDefinitions

Industry

Instrument for determining the atmospheric pressure. Source: European Union. (references)

Geography

A selfrecording barometer. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

A barometer that makes a continuous record of changes in atmospheric pressure. It is usually an aneroid type. See also:barometer. (references)

Public Administration

Barometer that records the atmospheric pressure by writing in a rotating cylinder. Source: European Union. (references)

Transportation

An absolute-pressure measuring instrument that produces a permanent record of the time and the pressure it is measuring. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: Barograph

English words defined with "barograph": barographic. (references)
Specialty definitions using "barograph": aneroid barographbarothermographopen scale barograph. (references)
Etymologies containing "barograph": Microbarograph. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Barograph" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Manx (barograph).

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Image Slideshow: Barograph

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: Barograph

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Annotated barograph showing storm passages EXPLORER cable survey to St. Hilaire, France.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Barograph

"Barograph" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Barograph" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%2245,945

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Barograph

Expression using "barograph": open scale barograph. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Barograph

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

barograph

13
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Barograph

Language Translations for "barograph"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏الباروغرام. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

"压自动记录仪. (various references)

   

Danish

  

barograf (baroscope, recording barometer). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

barograaf, barigraaf (recording barometer), zelfregistrerende barometer. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

barografi, ilmanpainepiirturi. (various references)

   

French

  

barographe (recording barometer). (various references)

   

German

  

Barometer mit Registriervorrichtung, Barograph (recording barometer), Barograf | Barograph, Luftdruckschreiber. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

βαρόμετρο που καταγράφει τα αποτελέσματα της μέτρησης, βαρογράφοσ, βαρογράφος (recording barometer), αυτογραφικό βαρόμετρο. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

barográf, légnyomásíró. (various references)

   

Italian

  

barografo (recording barometer). (various references)

   

Manx

  

barograph. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

arographbay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

barógrafo (recording barometer). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

самопишущий барометр, барограф. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

barógrafo. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

barograf. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

barograf, yazıcı barometre. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

барограф. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Barograph

Derivations

Words beginning with "barograph": barographic, barographs. (additional references)

Words ending with "barograph": microbarograph. (additional references)

Words containing "barograph": microbarographs. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Barograph" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bargraph, begorrah. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Barograph"

Words rhyming with "barograph" (pronounced 'Bar"o*graph'): Accelerograph, Actinograph, Allograph, Anaglyptograph, Anagraph, Anapnograph, Anemograph, Anemometrograph, Antigraph, Apograph, Arcograph, Autochronograph, Barometrograph, Barothermograph, Bibliograph, Brontograph, Cardiagraph, Cardiograph, Cardiosphygmograph, Cerograph, Chirograph, Chorograph, Chromograph, Chromolithograph, Chromophotograph, Chronograph, Chronophotograph, Cinematograph, Cinemograph, Comptograph, Copygraph, Cryptograph, Curvograph, Cyclograph, Diagraph, Dictagraph, Dictograph, Digraph, Diplograph, Duograph, Dynamograph, Eidograph, Electro-chronograph, Ellipsograph, Elliptograph, Epigraph, Ergograph, Fluviograph, Galvanograph, Glyphograph, Haemadromograph, Haemodromograph, Hektograph, Helicograph, Hodograph, holograph, homograph, Hyalograph, Hydrometrograph, Hyetograph, Hygrograph, Iconograph, ideograph, Idiograph, Keraunograph, Kinetograph, kymograph, Laryngograph, Macrograph, Magnetograph, Manograph, Marconigraph, Mechanograph, Melodiograph, Melograph, Metallograph, Meteorograph, Metrograph, Microbarograph, Micrograph, Micropantograph, microphotograph, Microseismograph, mimeograph, monograph, Motograph, Multigraph, Myograph, Noctograph, Noematachograph, odograph, Odontograph, Oleograph, Omnigraph, Oncograph, Ondograph, Optigraph, Orograph, Oroheliograph, Orthograph, Oscillograph, osmograph, Paleograph, Pantograph, Papyrograph, Pedograph, Perigraph, Perspectograph, Phonautograph, Phonograph, Photoheliograph, Photomicrograph, Photonephograph, Photozincograph, Phrenograph, Pianograph, Pictograph, Plethysmograph, Pluviograph, Pneumatograph, Pneumograph, Polygraph, Psalmograph, Pseudograph, Pyrograph, Radiotelegraph, Rotograph, Scenograph, Sciagraph, Scotograph, seismograph, Selenograph, Serigraph, Sismograph, spectrograph, Spectroheliograph, Spherograph, Sphygmograph, spirograph, Stathmograph, Stereograph, Stylograph, Syngraph, Tachograph, Tachygraph, Telautograph, Telechirograph, Tele-iconograph, Telemeteorograph, Telemetrograph, telephotograph, Telestereograph, Telethermograph, Thermetograph, Thermobarograph, thermograph, thermometrograph, Trigraph, Typograph, Vibrograph, Xylograph, Zincograph. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Barograph

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-g-h-o-p-r-r"

-3 letters: aarrgh, arroba, barhop, harbor.

-4 letters: aargh, abhor, agora, arbor, graph, pargo.

-5 letters: agar, agha, boar, bora, brag, garb, gorp, grab, haar, harp, hoar, hora, opah, orra, para, parr, prao, proa, prog, raga, roar.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-b-g-h-o-p-r-r"
 

+1 letter: barographs.

 

+2 letters: barographic.

 

+5 letters: autobiographer, microbarograph.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Barograph


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 61 72 6F 67 72 61 70 68

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01100001 01110010 01101111 01100111 01110010 01100001 01110000 01101000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#97 &#114 &#111 &#103 &#114 &#97 &#112 &#104

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0061 0072 006F 0067 0072 0061 0070 0068

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

366784817384678274

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Images: Slideshow
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Derivations
10. Rhymes
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography
13. Bibliography


  

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