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“manometer”
1. An instrument for measuring the pressure or tension of liquids or gases, as the blood, etc.
2. An instrument for measuring the pressure of liquids and gases.
3. A device for measuring pressure differences, usually by the differences in heights of two liquid columns.
2. An instrument for measuring the pressure of liquids and gases.
3. A device for measuring pressure differences, usually by the differences in heights of two liquid columns.
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meter-, metro-, metr-, -metrical, -metrically, -metron, -metric, -metrist, -meter, -meters, -metry, -metre
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siphon rain gauge, siphon gauge, manometer
1. A glass siphon tube, partly filled with mercury which is used to indicate pressure, as of steam, or the degree of rarefaction produced in the receiver of an air pump or other vacuum.
2. A double-leg liquid-column gauge used to measure the difference between two fluid pressures.
2. A double-leg liquid-column gauge used to measure the difference between two fluid pressures.
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“manometer”
Any device that indicates the differences in pressures between two fluids, regardless of any changes in their absolute pressures.
An apparatus which uses a flame to measure variations of gas pressure.
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An instrument for detecting pressure variations associated with sound waves of different frequency.
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