manometer

See also: Manometer

English

Alternative forms

manometre (nonstandard)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /məˈnɒmɪtə/
(General American) IPA^(key): /məˈnɑmɪtɚ/
(US) IPA^(key): /məˈnɑmədəɹ/

Noun

manometer (plural manometers)

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.
Synonyms: manoscope, pressure gauge
- 1872, The American Journal of Science:
  As soon as the manometer of the pump indicated the maximum of rarification, the apparatus was inclined […]
- 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity’s Rainbow:
  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.

Translations

instrument to measure pressure

Asturian: manómetru m
Catalan: manòmetre m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 壓力計／压力计 (zh) (yālìjì)
Czech: manometr m
Dutch: manometer (nl)
Esperanto: manometro
Finnish: manometri (fi), painemittari (fi)
French: manomètre (fr) m
Galician: manómetro m
German: Druckmessgerät n, Manometer (de) n
Greek: μανόμετρο (el) n (manómetro)
Italian: manometro (it) m
Japanese: 圧力計 (ja) (あつりょくけい, atsuryokukei)
Korean: 압력계(壓力計) (amnyeokgye)
Malay: jangka tekanan gas, manometer
Polish: manometr (pl) m, ciśnieniomierz (pl) m
Portuguese: manómetro (pt) m
Russian: мано́метр (ru) m (manómetr)
Spanish: manómetro (es) m

See also

sphygmomanometer - measures blood pressure
Manometer in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

manometre

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