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TENSIOMETER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tensiometer mean? 

TENSIOMETER (noun)
  The noun TENSIOMETER has 3 senses:

1. a measuring instrument for measuring the moisture content of soilplay

2. a measuring instrument for measuring the tension in a wire or fiber or beamplay

3. a measuring instrument for measuring the surface tension of a liquidplay

  Familiarity information: TENSIOMETER used as a noun is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


TENSIOMETER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A measuring instrument for measuring the moisture content of soil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("tensiometer" is a kind of...):

measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A measuring instrument for measuring the tension in a wire or fiber or beam

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("tensiometer" is a kind of...):

measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)


Sense 3

Meaning:

A measuring instrument for measuring the surface tension of a liquid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("tensiometer" is a kind of...):

measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)


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