manometer Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a pressure gauge for comparing pressures of a gas

WordNet


Ma*nom"e*ter noun
Etymology
Gr. thin, rare + -meter: cf. F. manomètre.
Definitions
  1. 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 mercury or other liquid intervening, or in bending a metallic or other spring so as to set in motion an index; a pressure gauge. See Pressure, and Illust. of Air pump.

Webster 1913