vacuum gauge

noun

a device for measuring pressures below atmospheric pressure in the receiver of an air pump, in steam condensers, and the like.

Origin of vacuum gauge

First recorded in 1860–65

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How to use vacuum gauge in a sentence

Obviously, therefore, the zero of the dial vacuum gauge is atmospheric pressure.
Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II | Joshua Rose

British Dictionary definitions for vacuum gauge

vacuum gauge

noun

any of a number of instruments for measuring pressures below atmospheric pressure

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