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vacuum gauge

–noun
a device for measuring pressures below atmospheric pressure in the receiver of an air pump, in steam condensers, and the like.

Origin:
1860–65
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vacuum gauge  
n.  A device for measuring pressures below atmospheric pressure.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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