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Definition of Gravity meter
1. Noun. A measuring instrument for measuring variations in the gravitational field of the earth.
Generic synonyms: Measuring Device, Measuring Instrument, Measuring System
Definition of Gravity meter
1. Noun. (physics) An instrument that measures the local acceleration due to gravity (strength of the gravitational field). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gravity Meter
Literary usage of Gravity meter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1889)
"Third Report of the Committee for inviting Designs for a good Differential Gravity
Meter.—See Reports, p. 72. 2. Fourth Report of the Committee for ..."
2. Bulletin by Institution of Mining and Metallurgy (1904)
"A modern gravity meter would have revealed tho structure of the low gravity region
with possibly better accuracy than the torsion balance and at a far ..."
3. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1885)
"... differential-gravity meter, light and portable, with which satisfactory results
can be obtained in a few hours instead of many days, the boon to science ..."
4. Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History of Apollo Lunar Exploration Missions by William D. Compton (1996)
"... took readings on a portable gravity meter at various points along the route,
and set up an instrument to measure electrical properties of the lunar ..."
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