manometer meaning
- Noun: manometer mu'nómitu(r)
- A pressure gauge for comparing pressures of a gas
Derived forms: manometers
Type of: pressure gage, pressure gauge
Encyclopedia: Manometer
[Architecture]An instrument for the measurement of pressure; a U-shaped glass tube partially filled with water or mercury, one side of which is connected to the source of pressure. The amount of displacement of the liquid is a measure of the magnitude of the pressure.
[Electronics]
An instrument for measuring gas or
vapor pressure—especially at low levels.
manpack A portable radio transceiver that can be
used while walking.
[Engineering]
A double-leg liquid-column gage used to measure the difference between two fluid pressures.
[Medicine]
n
1 : an instrument (as a pressure gauge) for measuring the pressure of gases and vapors
2 : SPHYGMOMANOMETER — mano·met·ric adj — mano·met·ri·cal·ly adv — ma·nom·e·try n
- glass-tube manometer: [Engineering]"A ma ...
- inclined-tube manometer: [Engineering]A gla ...
- pressure-drop manometer: [Engineering]"Mano ...
Examples
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- the topazometer is a mercury-actuated manometer.
- the simplest type of pressure gauge is the open-tube manometer.
- for precision manometers it is necessary to use vernier reading devices.
- the tubes are individually connected in order to the tubes of a multiple manometer.
- the bourdon-type pressure gauge is more convenient for most purposes than a liquid manometer.