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Definition of Biometer
1. Noun. (biology) A device that is used to detect the presence of life by detecting and measuring minute amounts of evolved carbon dioxide ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Biometer
1. a device for measuring carbon dioxide given off by living matter [n -S]
Medical Definition of Biometer
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Biometer
Literary usage of Biometer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Chemical Sign of Life by Shiro Tashiro (1917)
"APPENDIX THE biometer: HOW TO USE IT The study of carbon dioxide has been so ...
The biometer is constructed with a view to meeting these difficulties and ..."
2. The Elements of Vital Statistics by Arthur Newsholme (1889)
"Dr. Farr'g biometer.—Data lor Life Table.—Method of Construction of Life
Table.—Shorter Method of Dr. Farr.—Mr. Noel Humphrey's Method. ..."
3. Carbon Dioxide Production from Nerve Fibres when Resting and when Stimulated by Shiro Tashiro (1912)
"The apparatus (biometer) shown in Fig. 2, although it appears complex, ...
biometer, one-third actual size. The shaded portions of the apparatus indicate ..."
4. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1918)
"B. The biometer Method. The findings as to carbon dioxide production by the
colorimetrie method are further confirmed by the results of experiments with ..."
5. Future Life in the Light of Ancient Wisdom and Modern Science by Louis Lucien Baclé (1906)
"The essential portion of the biometer is an annealed copper needle which is held
horizontal by a fine untwisted silk thread attached to the middle. ..."
6. Practitioner's medical dictionary by George Milbry Gould (1910)
"The biometer (bi-om'-et-er) [bio-; ... Biometry (bi-om'-el-re) [see biometer}
measurement; the estimation of the prob- ..."
7. New Concepts in Diagnosis and Treatment: Physico-clinical Medicine, the by Albert Abrams (1922)
"If the energy is primarily allowed to pass through the biometer, the pulse change
may be noted either at zero on the scale of the condenser (showing only ..."
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