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Definition of Manometer
1. Noun. A pressure gauge for comparing pressures of a gas.
Definition of Manometer
1. n. 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.
Definition of Manometer
1. Noun. An instrument to measure pressure in a fluid, especially a double-legged liquid column gauge used to measure the difference in the pressures of two fluids. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Manometer
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Manometer
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Manometer
Literary usage of Manometer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1894)
"Such a negative pressure may be shewn by means of a minimum manometer, that is,
a manometer arranged so as to shew the lowest pressure which has been ..."
2. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"The ordinary mercury manometer which is so useful in studying the pressure in
the arteries ... The mercury manometer may however be made to yield valuable ..."
3. Scientific Papers by John William Strutt Rayleigh (1903)
"Connexions with Pump and manometer. Some of the details of the process of filling
the globe with gas under standard conditions will be best described later ..."
4. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1878)
"N is a modified Thomasset manometer verified by means of an air manometer ...
N' represents a glass manometer which serves to control the indications of the ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The simplest and at the same time most accurate form of manometer is that known
as the " mercury manometer," sometimes also called the "free-air manometer," ..."
6. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1907)
"On a Compensated Micro-manometer. By BERTRAND JP EGBERTS. (Communicated by Sir
John I. ... A design for a sensitive pressure gauge, or micro-manometer. ..."
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