Look up: Manometer


  1. Manometer
    A two-armed barometer.
    Found op http://home.nas.net/~dbc/cic_hamilton/dictionary/a.html

  2. manometer
    [n] - a pressure gauge for comparing pressures of a gas
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=manometer

  3. Manometer
    Device used for the accurate measurement of air pressures within a ventilation duct.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20474

  4. Manometer
    A U-shaped glass tube, partly filled with a liquid, water or mercury, employed to measure pressure.p1 = p2p1 < p2p1 > p2 See also: Mercury Hg, Pressure.
    Found op http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/source/m/a/manometer/source.html

  5. manometer
    Compare with barometer. An instrument for measuring gas pressures. A mercury or oil manometer measures gas pressure as the height of a fluid column the gas sample is able to support. Open manometers measure gas pressure relative to atmospheric pressure.
    Found op http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/glossary/m.shtml

  6. Manometer
    an instrument for measuring pressure liquids and gasses. It usually consists of a U-shaped tube containing a liquid, the surface of which is in one end of the tube; moves proportionally with changes in pressure on the liquid in the other end. Also, a tube
    Found op http://www.chemicalglossary.net/definition/1034-Manometer

  7. Manometer
    Device used for measuring small pressures.
    Found op http://www.chemicalglossary.net/definition/1070-Manometer

  8. Manometer
    Device to measure the pressure being delivered by a CPAP machine (usually measured in centimetres of water {cmH20} - where a common CPAP pressure is about 10).
    Found op http://www.sleep-apnoea-trust.org/glossary-of-terms.php

  9. Manometer
    Ma·nom'e·ter noun [ Greek ... thin, rare + -meter : confer French manomètre .] An instrument for measuring the tension or elastic force of gases, steam, etc., constructed usually on the principle of allowing the gas to exert its elastic fo...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/19

  10. manometer
    <chemistry> A device for measuring the pressure of a gas in a container. ... (09 Jan 1998) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?manometer

  11. manometer
    noun a pressure gauge for comparing pressures of a gas
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=manometer



  1. manometer
    (mә-nom´ә-tәr) an instrument for ascertaining the pressure of liquids or gases.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  2. Manometer
    • (n.) An instrument for measuring the tension or elastic force of gases, steam, etc., constructed usually on the principle of allowing the gas to exert its elastic force in raising a column of mercury in an open tube, or in compressing a portion of air or other gas in a closed tube with mercur...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/manometer/

  3. manometer
    (from the article `fluid mechanics`) Instruments for comparing pressures are called differential manometers, and the simplest such instrument is a U-tube containing liquid, as shown in ... Warburg`s research began in the early 1920s, when, investigating the process by which oxygen is consumed in the...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/28

  4. manometer
    manometer 1. An instrument for measuring the pressure or tension of liquids or gases, as the blood, etc. 2. An instrument for measuring the pressure of liquids and gases. 3. A device for measuring pressure differences, usually by the differences in heights of two liquid columns.
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1248/

  5. manometer
    A device for measuring pressure. It consists of a U-shaped tube containing a liquid, one end open to the atmosphere and the other end attached to the vessel whose pressure is to be measured. If the gas pressure in the vessel is greater than atmospheric, it will force the liquid down on the side near...
    Found op http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/M/manometer.html

  6. manometer
    manometer (munom'itur) : see pressure.
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0915948.html

  7. Manometer
    A manometer (from the Greek manos, rare and metron, measure), is an instrument to measure or show the alterations in the rarity or density of the air, or to measure the rarity of any gas. Such instruments as measure the elastic force of steam are also properly termed manometers. They are variously c...
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/GM.HTM

  8. manometer
    Type: Term Pronunciation: mă-nom′ĕ-tĕr Definitions: 1. An instrument for indicating the pressure of any fluid or the difference in pressure between two fluids, whether gas or liquid.
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=52666

  9. manometer
    Instrument for measuring the pressure of liquids (including human blood pressure) or gases. In its basic form, it is a U-tube partly filled with coloured liquid. Greater pressure on the liquid surface in one arm will force the level of the liquid in the other arm to rise. A difference between the......
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0017578.html

  10. Manometer
    A two-armed barometer.
    Found op http://www.chemistry-dictionary.com/definition/manometer.php

  11. manometer
    1) A two-armed barometer 2) Pressure gage 3) Pressure gauge
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/manometer/1

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