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tensimeter

[ten-sim-i-ter]
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noun
  1. manometer.
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Origin of tensimeter

1900–05; tensi(on) (in the former sense “pressure”) + -meter
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  • The apparatus usually employed for this purpose is the Bremer-Frowein tensimeter (p. 91).

    The Phase Rule and Its Applications

    Alexander Findlay

British Dictionary definitions for tensimeter

tensimeter

noun
  1. an instrument used to compare the vapour pressures of two liquids, usually consisting of two sealed bulbs containing the liquids, each being connected to one limb of a manometer
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Word Origin

C20: from tensi (on) + -meter
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