tasimeter

British  

/ təˈsɪmɪtə /

noun

1. a device for measuring small temperature changes. It depends on the changes of pressure resulting from expanding or contracting solids

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Other Word Forms

• tasimetry
  noun
• tasimetric
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of tasimeter

C19 tasi-, from Greek tasis tension + _-meter

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Example Sentences

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tasimeter

Edison brought one of his devices, a tasimeter, to measure minute shifts in heat from the Sun's corona during the eclipse.

From Nature ● May 23, 2017

The tasimeter measures the heat even of the far away stars.

From Stories of Great Inventors Fulton, Whitney, Morse, Cooper, Edison by Hattie E. Macomber

To him, also, we are indebted for the megaphone, microphone, tasimeter, an improvement in the telephone, a system of electric lighting, and many other inventions.

From A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. by Anonymous

A few years later, in 1878, Edison went to Wyoming with a group of astronomers, to test his tasimeter during an eclipse of the sun, and saw the land white to harvest.

From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Frank Lewis Dyer

The lure of 1878 was the opportunity to try the ability of his delicate tasimeter during the total eclipse of the sun, July 29.

From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Frank Lewis Dyer

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