manometer

An instrument to measure pressure in a fluid, especially a double-legged liquid column gauge used to measure the difference in the pressures of two fluids.

Noun

  1. An instrument to measure pressure in a fluid, especially a double-legged liquid column gauge used to measure the difference in the pressures of two fluids.
    • As soon as the manometer of the pump indicated the maximum of rarification, the apparatus was inclined […] - 1872, The American Journal of Science:
    • Pökler helped in working out the Halbmodelle solution: bisecting the model lengthwise and mounting it flat-side to the wall of the test chamber, bringing the tubes through that way to all the manometers outside. - 1973,...

    Synonyms: manoscope pressure gauge

Origin

From French manomètre, formed from Ancient Greek μανός (manós, “thin, rare”) + μέτρον (métron), equivalent to mano- + -meter.

Forms

manometers manometre

Related

sphygmomanometer Manometer in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Derived

electromanometer haemomanometer micromanometer telemanometer thermomanometer