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pulsometer
[ puhl-som-i-ter ]
/ pʌlˈsɒm ɪ tər /
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noun
a pulsimeter.
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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Words nearby pulsometer
pulse pressure, pulse rate, pulse repetition frequency, pulse-time modulation, pulsimeter, pulsometer, pulu, pulv., pulverable, pulverize, pulverulent
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How to use pulsometer in a sentence
The Savery principle still survives in the action of the well-known pulsometer steam pump.
With the pulsometer pumps working night and day they couldn't keep the water out of the test pier he had sunk.
The Best Short Stories of 1920|VariousYour pump would beat the best pulsometer ever put into a mine.
The League of the Leopard|Harold Bindloss
British Dictionary definitions for pulsometer
pulsometer
/ (pʌlˈsɒmɪtə) /
noun
another name for pulsimeter
a vacuum pump that operates by steam being condensed and water admitted alternately in two chambers
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