A game at No. 8 Florida, last season's national runner-up, looms Saturday, so St. Joseph's provided a realistic barometer for what type of season lies ahead for the Scarlet Knights.
But to put them as a barometer or some type of cap on the entire system to try to dampen down speculation, it's a pretty blunt instrument.
Their work ethic at the gym provides a barometer for their character outside the gym and for what type of work ethic to expect in the office.
Others pointed to the merits of tests like the Regents, saying that they served as a type of academic barometer, one that not only indicated a school's standing but could also encourage students to do better.
The results presented indicate that the use of total numbers infected, infectiousness, reseeding or infection time frame alone are poor barometers of success of this type of virus.
That spread represents a type of equity premium, or a barometer of the excess market return utility-stock investors expect to receive relative to the guaranteed return from the bond.
There are two main types of barometers: mercury and aneroid.
Carjackings and other types of robberies, widely considered a barometer of personal safety, have climbed steadily since 1994, according to the last crime statistics released by the police before the moratorium took effect this month.
The number and type of trademark applications serve as a barometer for the economy because they reflect confidence in starting new businesses and introducing new products and services, as well as willingness and ability to spend money on brand names, logos and other trademarks.
The two main types are the pressure altimeter, or aneroid barometer, which approximates altitude above sea level by measuring atmospheric pressure, and the radio altimeter, which measures absolute altitude (distance above land or water) based on the time required for a radio wave signal to travel from an airplane, a weather balloon, or a spacecraft to the ground and back.
Secondly, if there is a significant level of distrust (eg 50%) of some types of news sources it may be a straightforward barometer of opinion – or it may be that public expectations of quality and trust run ahead of performance and those news sources are effectively being 'marked down' due to public disappointment in them.
