ergometer
Americannoun
noun
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a dynamometer
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Also called: erg. ergo. a type of exercise machine in which the action of rowing is simulated by the pulling of a strong flexible cord wound round a flywheel
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For treadmills crews must strap in to stop themselves floating away, and there is also a cycle ergometer for endurance training.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2025
The day the Olympics were postponed, she felt uncharacteristically short of breath while rowing on the ergometer on her porch, but she blamed it on the cold weather and her disappointment about the Games.
From New York Times ● Jul. 24, 2020
Nevertheless, Bacas left the regatta proud of a group that he characterized as “modest,” in regards to both stature and ergometer scores.
From Washington Post ● May 19, 2018
Then you finish and they say, 'Let's go down to the shellhouse and practice on the ergometer.'
From Seattle Times ● May 6, 2011
He used both the bicycle ergometer and dumb-bells, and finds that there is a rise of systolic pressure after ordinary work, but a delayed rise after very heavy work, in normal persons.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas) Osborne
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