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

Etymology

Origin of ergograph

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

Example Sentences

Féré's experiments with the dynamometer and the ergograph have greatly contributed to illustrate the stimulating effects of odors.

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

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 Allen, William H.

Then we shall hear at summer resorts and fairs, "Your ergograph on a postal card, three for a quarter."

From Civics and Health by Allen, William H.

The one scientific instrument it seemed possible to use was an ergograph, a complicated and expensive instrument kindly lent to us from the physiological laboratory of the University of Chicago.

From Twenty Years at Hull House; with autobiographical notes by Addams, Jane

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 Ellis, Havelock