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Webster 1913 Edition
Manometer
Ma-nom′e-ter
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] thin, rare +
-meter
: cf. F. manomètre
.] An instrument for measuring the tension or elastic force of gases, steam, etc., constructed usually on the principle of allowing the gas to exert its elastic force in raising a column of mercury in an open tube, or in compressing a portion of air or other gas in a closed tube with mercury or other liquid intervening, or in bending a metallic or other spring so as to set in motion an index; a pressure gauge. See
Pressure
, and Illust. of Air pump
. Webster 1828 Edition
Manometer
MANOM'ETER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Manometer
manometer
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See also: Manometer
English
Alternative forms
- manometre (nonstandard)
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.
- 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.
- 1872, The American Journal of Science
See also
- sphygmomanometer - measures blood pressure
Translations
instrument