flowmeter

English

Alternative forms

flow meter

Etymology

From flow +‎ -meter.

Noun

flowmeter (plural flowmeters)

1. Any of various devices used to measure the flow of a fluid through a pipe, etc.

Usage notes

This term is also used as two words when another word is added; e.g. mass flow meter, peak flow meter.

Derived terms

• drift ultrasonic flowmeter
• noise-type flowmeter
• resistance-rate flowmeter
• swirl flowmeter

Related terms

• flowmetric
• flowmetry

Translations

device for measuring flow

• Danish: flowmåler c
• Dutch: debietmeter (nl) m
• French: débitmètre (fr) m
• Galician: caudalímetro m
• German: Durchflussmesser m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: strømmåler m

  Nynorsk: straummålar m

• Portuguese: caudalímetro m
• Spanish: caudalímetro m