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Definitions

Noun

1. 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.

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

2. 2
   a pressure gauge for comparing pressures of a gas wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

instrumentmanoscopepressure gaugesyringe

Example

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

Etymology

From French manomètre, formed from Ancient Greek μανός (manós, “thin, rare”) + μέτρον (métron), equivalent to mano- + -meter.

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