English Explanatory Dictionary

McLeod gauge

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. a device, rather like a manometer, used to measure low pressures close to that of a vacuum, by using an application of Boyle's law

Word forms

McLeod gauge McLeod gauges McLeod gage

Etymology

Invented in 1874 by Herbert McLeod.

Related words

sticky vacuum
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