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Definition of Tensiometer
1. Noun. A measuring instrument for measuring the moisture content of soil.
2. Noun. A measuring instrument for measuring the tension in a wire or fiber or beam.
3. Noun. A measuring instrument for measuring the surface tension of a liquid.
Definition of Tensiometer
1. Noun. An instrument used to measure the moisture content of soil ¹
2. Noun. An instrument used to measure the tension in a wire, or its tensile strength ¹
3. Noun. An instrument used to measure the surface tension of a liquid ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tensiometer
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Tensiometer
1. A device for measuring tension. Origin: L. Tensio, tension, + G. Metron, measure (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tensiometer
Literary usage of Tensiometer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rainfed Lowland Rice Improvement by David J. Mackill, William Ronnie Coffman, Dennis P. Garrity (1996)
"How to fabricate a simple tensiometer for monitoring soil water ... The tensiometer
measures the pressure at which the soil draws water from the cup. ..."
2. Modern and Traditional Irrigation Technologies in the Eastern Mediterranean by Ozay Mehmet, Hasan Ali Biçak (2002)
"When the plant is young, the grower sets the tensiometer at only a few centimetres
deep. ... An incorrect application of a tensiometer is shown in Figure 9. ..."
3. NBS Special Publication (1919)
"... educational, and governmental laboratories. This Bureau is assisting the work
of this society in so far as possible. tensiometer. i ..."
4. Computers and Information Technologies in Agricultural Production and edited by Karl R. Schneider (1997)
"The tensiometer-every row tube placement is the only irrigation ... The tensiometer
scheduling method also produced significantly greater yields each year. ..."
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