tensimeter

[ ten-sim-i-ter ]

/ tɛnˈsɪm ɪ tər /

noun

Nearby words

tensile, tensile strength, tensile stress, tensilely, tensility, tensimeter, tensiometer, tension, tension cavity, tension curve, tension headache

Origin of tensimeter

1900–05; tensi(on) (in the former sense “pressure”) + -meter

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Examples from the Web for tensimeter

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

/ (tɛnˈsɪmɪtə) /

noun

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

Word Origin for tensimeter

C20: from tensi (on) + -meter

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