extensometer

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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 or extensimeter (ˌɛkstɛnˈsɒmɪtə, ˌɛkstɛnˈsɪmɪtə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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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Extensometer is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
Example sentences
We provide both the extensometer and the tensor strain changes.
Monitors can be divided into two basic types: roof-to-floor convergence
  monitors, and roof and rib extensometer monitors.
The time-dependent deformation data were obtained using constant load tests and
  an extensometer arrangement.
Squeeze the buttons on the extensometer to set the gauge-length.
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