manometer — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. An instrument to measure pressure in a fluid, especially a double-legged liquid column gauge used to measure the difference in the pressures of two fluids.

   Sinonimi

   manoscopepressure gauge

   Parole correlate

   sphygmomanometerManometer in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

   Esempi

   As soon as the manometer of the pump indicated the maximum of rarification, the apparatus was inclined […]

   Altri esempi (1)

   Pökler helped in working out the Halbmodelle solution: bisecting the model lengthwise and mounting it flat-side to the wall of the test chamber, bringing the tubes through that way to all the manometers outside.

Sostantivo

1. a pressure gauge for comparing pressures of a gas

   Termini più generali

   pressure gaugepressure gage