measuring instrument
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| Noun | 1. |  measuring instrument - instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of somethingaccelerometer - an instrument for measuring the acceleration of aircraft or rockets actinometer - an instrument for measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (usually by the photochemical effect) algometer - device for measuring pain caused by pressure altazimuth - an instrument that measures the altitude and azimuth of celestial bodies; used in navigation altimeter - an instrument that measures the height above ground; used in navigation atmometer, evaporometer - an instrument that measures rate of evaporation of water audiometer, sonometer - an instrument used to measure the sensitivity of hearing barometer - an instrument that measures atmospheric pressure bathometer, bathymeter - an instrument that measures the depth of water bolometer - an instrument that measures heat radiation; extremely sensitive buret, burette - measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube with a tap at the bottom; used for titration caliper, calliper - an instrument for measuring the distance between two points (often used in the plural) calorimeter - a measuring instrument that determines quantities of heat chronoscope - an instrument for accurate measurements of small intervals of time colorimeter, tintometer - a measuring instrument used in colorimetric analysis to determine the quantity of a substance from the color it yields with specific reagents counter tube - a measuring instrument for counting individual ionizing events craniometer - an instrument for measuring skull sizes cryoscope - a measuring instrument for measuring freezing and melting points declinometer, transit declinometer - an instrument for measuring magnetic declination densimeter, densitometer - a measuring instrument for determining density or specific gravity densitometer - a measuring instrument for determining optical or photographic density dosemeter, dosimeter - a measuring instrument for measuring doses of ionizing radiation (X-rays or radioactivity) dynamometer, ergometer - measuring instrument designed to measure power electrodynamometer - measuring instrument that uses the interaction of the magnetic fields of two coils to measure current or voltage or power electroscope - measuring instrument that detects electric charge; two gold leaves diverge owing to repulsion of charges with like sign eudiometer - measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube for measuring volume changes in chemical reactions between gases gauge, gage - a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc. graduate - a measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts gravity meter, gravimeter - a measuring instrument for measuring variations in the gravitational field of the earth heliometer - an instrument used to measure the angular separation of two stars that are too far apart to be included in the field of view of an ordinary telescope haematocrit, hematocrit - a measuring instrument to determine (usually by centrifugation) the relative amounts of corpuscles and plasma in the blood gravimeter, hydrometer - a measuring instrument for determining the specific gravity of a liquid or solid hygrometer - measuring instrument for measuring the relative humidity of the atmosphere dip circle, inclinometer - a measuring instrument for measuring the angle of magnetic dip (as from an airplane) instrument - a device that requires skill for proper use integrator, planimeter - a measuring instrument for measuring the area of an irregular plane figure interferometer - any measuring instrument that uses interference patterns to make accurate measurements of waves ionization chamber, ionization tube - a measuring instrument that measures the amount of ionizing radiation katharometer - measures thermal conductivity Kundt's tube - a measuring instrument used to measure the speed of sound lidar - a measuring system that detects and locates objects on the same principle as radar but uses light from a laser; a potential technology for detecting air turbulence that can affect aircraft log - measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's speed through the water measuring rod, measuring stick, measure - measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements meter - any of various measuring instruments for measuring a quantity |
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