extensometer

[ ek-sten-som-i-ter ]

noun
  1. an instrument for measuring minute degrees of expansion, contraction, or deformation.

Origin of extensometer

1
First recorded in 1885–90; extens(ion) + -o- + -meter

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British Dictionary definitions for extensometer

extensometer

extensimeter (ˌɛkstɛnˈsɪmɪtə)

/ (ˌɛkstɛnˈsɒmɪtə) /


noun
  1. an apparatus for studying small changes of length, as in the thermal expansion or mechanical compression of a solid

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