pulsometer

American  

[puhl-som-i-ter] / pʌlˈsɒm ɪ tər /

noun

1. a pulsimeter.

2. a pump without pistons, utilizing the pressure of steam and the partial vacuum caused by the condensation of steam alternately in two chambers.

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pulsometer British  

/ pʌlˈsɒmɪtə /

noun

1. another name for pulsimeter

2. a vacuum pump that operates by steam being condensed and water admitted alternately in two chambers

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Etymology

Origin of pulsometer

First recorded in 1855–60; pulse ¹ + -o- + -meter

Example Sentences

When Ivy was working as a nurse, her most important possessions were a fob watch, a pulsometer and a treatment book and bath book, in which details of a patient's care were written by hand.

From BBC

Pulsā′tor, a pulsometer: a jigging-machine, used in South African diamond-digging.—adj.

From Project Gutenberg

Your pump would beat the best pulsometer ever put into a mine.

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I'll hold my six against his pulsometer.

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The Savery principle still survives in the action of the well-known pulsometer steam pump.

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