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Manometer

Manometer Meaning & Definition
Manometer Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Manometer?

[n] a pressure gauge for comparing pressures of a gas

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See Also | pressure gauge | tensimeter

Manometer In Webster's Dictionary

\Ma*nom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? thin, rare + -meter: cf. F. manom[`e]tre.] 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}.

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