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Manometer

//məˈnɒmɪtə// noun

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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

Etymology

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

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