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MANOMETER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A pressure gauge for comparing pressures of a gas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("manometer" is a kind of...):
pressure gage; pressure gauge (gauge for measuring and indicating fluid pressure)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "manometer"):
tensimeter (a manometer for measuring vapor pressure)