tasimeter

British  

/ təˈsɪmɪtə, ˌtæsɪˈmɛtrɪk /

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

• tasimetric adjective
• tasimetry noun

Etymology

Origin of tasimeter

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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 Dyer, Frank Lewis

Also the tasimeter, an instrument so delicate that it measures the heat of the most distant star, Arcturus.

From Radio Boys Cronies Or, Bill Brown's Radio by Whipple, Wayne

Last but not least, in this beautiful and ingenious series, comes the "tasimeter," an instrument of most delicate sensibility in the presence of heat.

From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Dyer, Frank Lewis