Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
Rheometer
Rhe-om′e-ter
,Noun.
[Gr.
ῥεῖν
to flow + -meter
.] [Written also
reometer
.] 1.
(Physics)
An instrument for measuring currents, especially the force or intensity of electrical currents; a galvanometer.
2.
(Physiol.)
An instrument for measuring the velocity of the blood current in the arteries.
Definition 2025
rheometer
rheometer
English
Noun
rheometer (plural rheometers)
- A device used to measure the flow properties of fluids with variable viscosity.
- (obsolete) A device used to measure the flow of electric current: an ammeter.
- (now rare) A flowmeter, especially for water or blood.
Related terms
Translations
References
- Oxford English Dictionary
- K. Walters (1975) Rheometry ISBN 0412 12090 9
- Charles Wheatstone (1843) Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society vol 133 page 307
- Julius Ludwig Weisbach (1848) Principles of the Mechanics of Machinery and Engineering page 465
- A. P. Brubaker & L.Landois (1905) A Textbook of Physiology page 172