extensometer

[ek-sten-som-i-ter]

ex·ten·som·e·ter

[ek-sten-som-i-ter]
noun
an instrument for measuring minute degrees of expansion, contraction, or deformation.


Origin:
1885–90; extens(ion) + -o- + -meter
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Extensometer has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
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extensometer or extensimeter (ˌɛkstɛnˈsɒmɪtə, ˌɛkstɛnˈsɪmɪtə)
 
n
an apparatus for studying small changes of length, as in the thermal expansion or mechanical compression of a solid
 
extensimeter or extensimeter
 
n

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