peirameter
English
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek πεῖρα (peîra, “a trial”) + -meter.
Noun
editpeirameter (plural peirameters)
- (dated) A dynamometer for measuring the force required to draw wheel carriages on roads of different constructions.
- 1816, R. B. Bryan, Thomas Brown, F. Fox, “Report […] on the Experiments upon Wheel-carriages […] ”, in Philosophical Magazine:
- if, then, the peirameter be drawn forward, the carriage which moves the easiest will get before the other
Related terms
editReferences
edit- “peirameter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.