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manometer

[ muh-nom-i-ter ]

noun

  1. an instrument for measuring the pressure of a fluid, consisting of a tube filled with a liquid, the level of the liquid being determined by the fluid pressure and the height of the liquid being indicated on a scale.


manometer

/ 藢m忙n蓹蕣藞m蓻tr瑟k; m蓹藞n蓲m瑟t蓹 /

noun

  1. an instrument for comparing pressures; typically a glass U-tube containing mercury, in which pressure is indicated by the difference in levels in the two arms of the tube
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

manometer

  1. An instrument used to measure the pressure exerted by liquids and gases. Pressure is exerted on one end of a U-shaped tube partially filled with liquid; the liquid is displaced upwards on the other side of the tube by a distance proportional to the pressure difference on each side of the tube.
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Derived Forms

  • 藢尘补苍辞藞尘别迟谤颈肠补濒濒测, adverb
  • 尘补藞苍辞尘别迟谤测, noun
  • manometric, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 尘补苍路辞路尘别迟路谤颈肠 [man-, uh, -, me, -trik], 尘补苍顎卭路尘别迟顎价颈路肠补濒 adjective
  • 尘补苍顎卭路尘别迟顎价颈路肠补濒路ly adverb
  • 尘补路苍辞尘顎侥路迟谤测 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of manometer1

1700鈥10; < French 尘补苍辞尘猫迟谤别, equivalent to mano- (< Greek 尘补苍贸蝉 loose, rare, sparse) + -尘猫迟谤别 -meter
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of manometer1

C18: from French 尘补苍辞尘猫迟谤别, from Greek manos sparse + metron measure
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Example Sentences

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You also get a manometer to monitor pressure and better time your shots.

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For nearly 400 years, air pressures have been measured using mercury-based instruments called manometers.

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Moreover, the technique measures pressure directly, using a fundamental constant of nature, meaning metrologists can derive the pascal without relying on previous measurements of other quantities, such as density, which the manometer depends on.

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Numbers from manometers, measuring the pressures distributed along a wing.

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Medical devices Certain medical and monitoring devices 鈥 including barometers, thermometers, hygrometers, manometers and blood pressure monitors 鈥 will be banned by 2020.

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