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Webster 1913 Edition


Dynameter

Dy-nam′e-ter

,
Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] power +
-meter
: cf. F.
dynamètre
. Cf.
Dynamometer
.]
1.
A dynamometer.
2.
(Opt.)
An instrument for determining the magnifying power of telescopes, consisting usually of a doubleimage micrometer applied to the eye end of a telescope for measuring accurately the diameter of the image of the object glass there formed; which measurement, compared with the actual diameter of the glass, gives the magnifying power.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dynameter

DYNAM'ETER

,
Noun.
[Gr. strength, and to measure.]
An instrument for determining the magnifying power of telescopes.

Definition 2024


dynameter

dynameter

English

Noun

dynameter (plural dynameters)

  1. An instrument used to measure the magnification of a telescope.