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)

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.

   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