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Definition of Pressure gauge
1. Noun. Gauge for measuring and indicating fluid pressure.
Generic synonyms: Gage, Gauge
Specialized synonyms: Manometer, Sphygmomanometer
Definition of Pressure gauge
1. Noun. An apparatus used to measure air pressure in a tyre. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pressure Gauge
Literary usage of Pressure gauge
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1862)
"On a Deep-Sea Pressure- Gauge invented by Henry Johnson, Esq. By JAMES ...
A pressure-gauge of metal was exhibited at the Meeting of the British Association ..."
2. The U. S. Coal Industry, 1970-1990: Two Decades of Change (1994)
"A surface cylinder pressure gauge (Figure 5-17A) is used to check the ...
The submersible cylinder pressure gauge attaches directly to the first stage of a ..."
3. Proceedings by Natural Gas Association of America, Modern Language Association of America (1917)
"The accompanying sketch shows a method of connecting up a meter dial to an engine
shaft and a pin on a recording pressure gauge. The driving pin on the ..."
4. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1877)
"(35) pressure gauge and Barometer.—If the tube were filled •with a liquid denser
than water, a proportionately shorter column of it would be sustained by ..."
5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1860)
"On a Deep-sea pressure gauge. By HENRY JOHNSON. ... The pressure gauge may, in
its present form, be considered as a small hydraulic press j of which the ram ..."
6. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Andrew Miller (1867)
"(35) pressure gauge, and barometer.—If the tube were filled with a liquid heavier
than water, a proportionately shorter column of it would be sustained by ..."
7. Heating and Ventilating Buildings: A Manual for Heating Engineers and Architects by Rolla Clinton Carpenter (1915)
"The Bourdon Pressure-gauge is ordinarily used. This consists of a tube of elliptical
cross-section bent into a circular form. The free end of the tube is ..."
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