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PRESSURE GAUGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pressure gauge mean?
• PRESSURE GAUGE (noun)
The noun PRESSURE GAUGE has 1 sense:
1. gauge for measuring and indicating fluid pressure
Familiarity information: PRESSURE GAUGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gauge for measuring and indicating fluid pressure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
pressure gage; pressure gauge
Hypernyms ("pressure gauge" is a kind of...):
gage; gauge (a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pressure gauge"):
manometer (a pressure gauge for comparing pressures of a gas)
sphygmomanometer (a pressure gauge for measuring blood pressure)
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