manometric

[muh-nom-i-ter]

ma·nom·e·ter

[muh-nom-i-ter]
noun
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:
1700–10; < French manomètre, equivalent to mano- (< Greek manós loose, rare, sparse) + -mètre -meter

man·o·met·ric [man-uh-me-trik] , man·o·met·ri·cal, adjective
man·o·met·ri·cal·ly, adverb
ma·nom·e·try, noun
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manometer (məˈnɒmɪtə)
 
n
an instrument for comparing pressures; typically a glass U-tube containing mercury, in which pressure is indicated by the difference in levels in the two arms of the tube
 
[C18: from French manomètre, from Greek manos sparse + metron measure]
 
manometric
 
adj
 
mano'metrical
 
adj
 
mano'metrically
 
adv
 
ma'nometry
 
n

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