tonometer
noun
an instrument for measuring the frequencies of tones, as a tuning fork or a graduated set of tuning forks.
tonometry
-
a word derived from
tonometer.
Example Sentences
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A third test, tonometry, measures intraocular eye pressure for evidence of incipient glaucoma, or pressure buildup inside the eye.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2017
The laws of cryoscopy, of tonometry, and of osmosis thus again become strict, and no exception to them remains.
From The New Physics and Its Evolution by Lucien Poincaré
