swingometern.

/swɪŋˈɒmɪtə/

Etymology: < swing n.² 8h + -ometer comb. form, after barometer, etc.

A device consisting of a dial with a movable pointer, used to demonstrate (esp. on television) how a likely or observable ‘swing’ should influence the outcome of an election. Also transferred and figurative.

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swingometer1965

1965 B.B.C. Handbk. 36 (caption) Robert McKenzie demonstrating the Swingometer.

1969 D. Widgery in A. Cockburn & R. Blackburn Student Power 128 Eventually the ‘swingometer’ which the UCL NUS Committee had installed in their Gower Street office moved slowly in favour of the ISC and the Executive.

1974 Daily Tel. 22 Oct. 18 After five or six results, Robert McKenzie's famous swingometer accurately showed what was to be in the event a majority of 40 or so for Labour over Conservative.

1978 Sunday Times 19 Mar. (Weekly Review) 37 Guardians of the social swingometer..have been drawing attention to punk rock.

1979 H. Wilson Final Term v. 84 This figure headed the election night screens, until the ‘swingometer’ working on the first declarations rapidly moved into a much more moderate posture.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	swingometer
释义	swingometern. /swɪŋˈɒmɪtə/ Etymology: < swing n.² 8h + -ometer comb. form, after barometer, etc. A device consisting of a dial with a movable pointer, used to demonstrate (esp. on television) how a likely or observable ‘swing’ should influence the outcome of an election. Also transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > probability or statistics > [noun] > statistical equipment periodograph1917 swingometer1965 1965 B.B.C. Handbk. 36 (caption) Robert McKenzie demonstrating the Swingometer. 1969 D. Widgery in A. Cockburn & R. Blackburn Student Power 128 Eventually the ‘swingometer’ which the UCL NUS Committee had installed in their Gower Street office moved slowly in favour of the ISC and the Executive. 1974 Daily Tel. 22 Oct. 18 After five or six results, Robert McKenzie's famous swingometer accurately showed what was to be in the event a majority of 40 or so for Labour over Conservative. 1978 Sunday Times 19 Mar. (Weekly Review) 37 Guardians of the social swingometer..have been drawing attention to punk rock. 1979 H. Wilson Final Term v. 84 This figure headed the election night screens, until the ‘swingometer’ working on the first declarations rapidly moved into a much more moderate posture. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1965
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