ergograph

American  

[ur-guh-graf, -grahf] / ˈɜr gəˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /

noun

1. an instrument that records the amount of work done when a muscle contracts.

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ergograph British  

/ ˈɜːɡəˌɡrɑːf, -ˌɡræf /

noun

1. an instrument that measures and records the amount of work a muscle does during contraction, its rate of fatigue, etc

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Other Word Forms

• ergographic
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of ergograph

First recorded in 1890–95; ergo- ¹ + -graph

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Example Sentences

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ergograph

We can step inside, harness our middle finger to the ergograph, lift it up and down forty-five times in ninety seconds, and lo! a photograph of our vitality!

From Civics and Health by William H. Allen

If the arm lifts the weight of an ergograph until the will cannot overcome the fatigue, the mere seeing of the movement carried out by others whips the motor centers to new efficiency.

From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Robert Ezra Park

Féré has shown that the slight stimulus to the skin furnished by placing a piece of metal on the arm or elsewhere suffices to increase the output of work with the ergograph.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man by Havelock Ellis

Perhaps the time will come when science and commerce will supply every tintype photographer with an ergograph and the knowledge to use it.

From Civics and Health by William H. Allen

Robert Müller's19 thorough criticism of the Mosso ergograph throws great doubt on the present methods of investigation and invalidates conclusions from the various curves of voluntary movements which have been obtained.

From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Hugo Münsterberg

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