Crossword clues for manometer
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Manometer \Ma*nom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? thin, rare + -meter: cf. F. manom[`e]tre.] 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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1730, from French manomètre (1706), said to have been coined by French mathematician Pierre Varignon (1654-1722) from Greek manos "thin, rare; loose in texture, porous; scanty, few" (see mono-) + -mètre (see -meter). Related: Manometric.
Wiktionary
n. 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.
WordNet
n. a pressure gauge for comparing pressures of a gas
Usage examples of "manometer".
He would also wear a small pouch containing instruments for scientific measurement, including a digital thermometer, a hygrometer for measuring humidity, and a manometer for measuring atmospheric pressure.
Soon the Nautilus returned to her native element, and the manometer showed that she was about thirty feet deep.
The log indicated moderate speed, the manometer a depth of about sixty feet.
At the moment the manometer indicated that we were not more than twenty feet from the surface.
Ed Tanager was vaguely aware of this although time and arithmetic were now encompassed by the symmetrical face of the manometer dial and the distorted face of his daughter.
Instead we continued to submerge until the manometer registered forty feet and then I knew that we were safe.
I then descended as deeply in the water as I could, the manometer showing thirty metres.
I then discovered that the manometer continued to register the same depth, and was also out of order.
The other was a manometer connected with the speed-gauge above the conning-tower, and the indicator on this was hovering between one hundred and fifty and a hundred and sixty.
We switched over to the manometer, which was inefficient for some reason.
Just outside, it halted, and the agent guessed at a brief burst of atmospheric pressure waves, though his manometers did not react fast enough to catch them.
Pokier helped in working out the Halbmodelle solution: bisecting the model lengthwise and mounting it flat-side to the wall of the test chamber, bringing the tubes through that way to all the manometers outside.
Barrett ran his eyes across the instruments already on the table: astatic galvanometer, mirror galvanometer, quadrant electrometer, Crookes balance, camera, gauze cage, smoke absorber, manometer, weighing platform, tape recorder.
Soon the Nautilus returned to her native element, and the manometer showed that she was about thirty feet deep.