manometer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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.

/məˈnɒmɪtə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-manometer.wav /məˈnɑmɪtɚ/ /məˈnɑmədəɹ/

manometer manometers manometre

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

manoscope pressure gauge

sphygmomanometer Manometer in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

electromanometer haemomanometer micromanometer telemanometer thermomanometer

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