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

Derived Forms

• tasimetry
  noun
• tasimetric
  adjective

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

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

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 Dyer, Frank Lewis

Experiments with Edison's tasimeter seemed to show that the corona radiates a sensible amount of heat.

From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)