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What is barometer?

What is meant by the term 'barometer', as used in speech (not the actual weather terminology)?

  • I had a friend who once told me "Don't let that be the barometer that makes you decide....". So, what does the term 'barometer' mean in this case?

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    It means in general a measuring device.

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Like hayharbr says, it is a measuring device. In the context of your question it would seem to mean that your friend did something that he/she felt was not something they normally did and didn't want you to judge them by that particular action.

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When used in this way, barometer means "an indicator of change", especially in public opinion.

zlevad29

a barometer is a scale of values. it may be used in the weather terminology, but, in everyday life, it is used as a figure of speech.

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