biometer

American  

[bahy-om-i-ter] / baɪˈɒm ɪ tər /

noun

1. an instrument for measuring the amount of carbon dioxide given off by an organism, tissue, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of biometer

First recorded in 1860–65; bio- + -meter

Example Sentences

William rolled his wrist and jabbed the biometer's alarm.

From Nature

The biometer shrilled again: temperature 102.5 and climbing.

From Nature

With no time remaining, according to his biometer.

From Nature

The biometer joined the scanner and his remaining gear on the vault floor.

From Nature

The biometer applied to man has made it possible to reconstruct the absolutely average man, that is to say, the man whose body gives average measurements in every part; and these average measurements have been found, by means of the statistical and morphological studies of medicine, to correspond to "normality."

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