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absorption dynamometer

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noun

Electricity.

  1. a device for measuring the torque or power of an engine in a process in which the energy supplied to the device by the engine is absorbed.

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There are two types, the transmission dynamometer, which measures the power of the machine without sensibly diminishing it; and the absorption dynamometer, which measures the power by using it all.

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