flowmeter

American  

[floh-mee-ter] / ˈfloʊˌmi tər /

noun

1. an instrument for measuring the flow rate of a fluid in a pipe.

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flowmeter British  

/ ˈfləʊˌmiːtə /

noun

1. an instrument that measures the rate of flow of a liquid or gas within a pipe or tube

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Etymology

Origin of flowmeter

First recorded in 1915–20; flow + -meter

Example Sentences

Grossi acknowledged that, saying that among the devices being removed was the Online Enrichment Monitor and flowmeter.

From Seattle Times

The state TV report, later repeated by other Iranian outlets, said authorities deactivated the “beyond-safeguards cameras of the measuring Online Enrichment Monitor ... and flowmeter.”

From Washington Post

I head over to the wall oxygen, double-checking the flowmeter is set properly, and listen for the steady hiss of the oxygen coming out of it before I pull the tube around my ears and slide the prongs of the cannula into my nose.

From Literature

Chief advantages claimed for the Convair heart: its gentle hydraulic action is less damaging to the blood; its flowmeter is in the water system, not in the bloodstream itself, further reducing damage; by ingenious servomechanisms it provides automatic control of oxygenation and acidity; it can handle up to two gallons of blood a minute, against five quarts for present models.

From Time Magazine Archive