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An instrument for recording minor fluctuations of atmospheric pressure, as opposed to general barometric surges.

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  • MINOR
    Less by a semitone in interval or difference of pitch; as, a minor third. Asia Minor , the Lesser Asia; that part of Asia which lies between the Euxine, or Black Sea, on the north, and the Mediterranean on the south. -- Minor mode , that mode,
  • OPPOSABILITY
    The condition or quality of being opposable. In no savage have I ever seen the slightest approach to opposability of the great toe, which is the essential distinguishing feature of apes. A. R. Wallace.
  • INSTRUMENTAL
    Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for, an instrument, esp. a musical instrument; as, instrumental music, distinguished from vocal music. "He defended the use of instrumental music in public worship." Macaulay. Sweet voices mix'd with instrumental
  • ATMOSPHERICALLY
    In relation to the atmosphere.
  • GENERALIZED
    Comprising structural characters which are separated in more specialized forms; synthetic; as, a generalized type.
  • GENERALIZABLE
    Capable of being generalized, or reduced to a general form of statement, or brought under a general rule. Extreme cases are . . . not generalizable. Coleridge
  • OPPOSITIONIST
    One who belongs to the opposition party. Praed.
  • GENERALTY
    Generality. Sir M. Hale.
  • OPPOSITIVE
    Capable of being put in opposition. Bp. Hall.
  • OPPOSELESS
    Not to be effectually opposed; irresistible. "Your great opposeless wills." Shak.
  • MINORAT
    A custom or right, analogous to borough-English in England, formerly existing in various parts of Europe, and surviving in parts of Germany and Austria, by which certain entailed estates, as a homestead and adjacent land, descend to the youngest
  • MINORATION
    A diminution. Sir T. Browne.
  • MINORATE
    To diminish. Sir T. Browne.
  • PRESSURE WIRES
    Wires leading from various points of an electric system to a central station, where a voltmeter indicates the potential of the system at those points.
  • OPPOSITIFOLIOUS
    Placed at the same node with a leaf, but separated from it by the whole diameter of the stem; as, an oppositifolious peduncle.
  • INSTRUMENTALITY
    The quality or condition of being instrumental; that which is instrumental; anything used as a means; medium; agency. The instrumentality of faith in justification. Bp. Burnet. The discovery of gunpowder developed the science of attack and defense
  • RECORDATION
    Remembrance; recollection; also, a record. Shak.
  • INSTRUMENTATION
    1. The act of using or adapting as an instrument; a series or combination of instruments; means; agency. Otherwise we have no sufficient instrumentation for our human use or handling of so great a fact. H. Bushnell. The arrangement of a musical
  • MINORESS
    See A
  • GENERALITY
    1. The state of being general; the quality of including species or particulars. Hooker. 2. That which is general; that which lacks specificalness, practicalness, or application; a general or vague statement or phrase. Let us descend from
  • MAJOR GENERAL
    . An officer of the army holding a rank next above that of brigadier general and next below that of lieutenant general, and who usually commands a division or a corps.
  • ALLUMINOR
    An illuminator of manuscripts and books; a limner. Cowell.
  • POSTMASTER-GENERAL
    The chief officer of the post-office department of a government. In the United States the postmaster-general is a member of the cabinet.
  • PRECORDIAL
    Situated in front of the heart; of or pertaining to the præcordia.

 

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