manometer
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See also: Manometer
Alternative forms
Etymology
From French manomètre, formed from Ancient Greek μανός (manós, “thin, rare”) + μέτρον (métron).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /məˈnɒmɪtə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /məˈnɑmɪtɚ/
- (US) IPA(key): /məˈnɑmədəɹ/
Noun
manometer (plural manometers)
- An instrument to measure pressure in a fluid, especially a double-legged liquid column gauge used to measure the difference in the pressures of two fluids.
- Synonyms: manoscope, pressure gauge
- 1872, The American Journal of Science:
- As soon as the manometer of the pump indicated the maximum of rarification, the apparatus was inclined […]
- 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity’s Rainbow:
- Pökler helped in working out the Halbmodelle solution: bisecting the model lengthwise and mounting it flat-side to the wall of the test chamber, bringing the tubes through that way to all the manometers outside.
Translations
instrument to measure pressure
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See also
- sphygmomanometer - measures blood pressure
Manometer in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
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