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MANOMETER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does manometer mean? 

MANOMETER (noun)
  The noun MANOMETER has 1 sense:

1. a pressure gauge for comparing pressures of a gasplay

  Familiarity information: MANOMETER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MANOMETER (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)


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