Definitions for manometer

manometer ma·nom·e·ter

Spelling: [muh-nom-i-ter]
IPA: /məˈnɒm ɪ tər/

Manometer is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 376 anagrams from letters in manometer (aeemmnort).

Definitions for manometer

noun

  1. an instrument for measuring the pressure of a fluid, consisting of a tube filled with a liquid, the level of the liquid being determined by the fluid pressure and the height of the liquid being indicated on a scale.

Origin of manometer

1700-10; French manomètre, equivalent to mano- (Greek manós loose, rare, sparse) + -mètre -meter

Examples for manometer

In the same way we may use a manometer to measure osmotic pressure.

We were submerging, and the manometer showed seventeen meters.

To measure steam pressure we insert a manometer in the walls of the boiler.

Still a few more degrees were needed on the manometer—just a few.

"Ask them how the manometer stands, Chalmers," ordered the Hon. Derek.

I was able to follow our submersion by means of the manometer.

I could now follow the ascent of the boat without consulting the manometer.

They threw the manometer into the water to see if it would float.

The manometer now shows twenty-four meters, twenty-six meters.

I glanced at the chart and then at the manometer in a pretty helpless fashion.

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