gasometer

American  

[gas-om-i-ter] / gæsˈɒm ɪ tər /

noun

1. an apparatus for measuring and storing gas in a laboratory.

2. British. a large tank or cylindrical reservoir of gas, as at a gasworks, to be piped to homes, factories, etc.

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gasometer British  

/ ɡæsˈɒmɪtə /

noun

1. a nontechnical name for gasholder

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Etymology

Origin of gasometer

From the French word gazomètre, dating back to 1785–95. See gas, -o-, -meter

Example Sentences

The awful gasometer transformed into the most glorious of cathedrals.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2024

The Ostiense neighbourhood, right on the Tiber river, was once the site of a power station, a restless river port and a gasometer, whose skeleton still looms.

From The Guardian • Feb. 8, 2020

The gas collected in the bell or in one or more of the receptacles passes into the gasometer and then into the service pipes.

From Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants A Practice Treatise Setting Forth the Principles of Gas-Engines and Producer Design, the Selection and Installation of an Engine, Conditions of Perfect Operation, Producer-Gas Engines and Their Possibilities, the Care of Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants, with a Chapter on Volatile Hydrocarbon and Oil Engines by Mathot, R. E.

The Squire was not so modern in his ideas as to set up his own gasometer, so the stables were lighted by lanterns, with an oil-lamp fixed here and there against the wall.

From Vixen, Volume I. by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

Then as more gas comes in to take up this room, the gasometer keeps on rising slowly.

From Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls by Anonymous