rheometer

English

Etymology

From rheo- +‎ -meter

Noun

rheometer (plural rheometers)

1. A device used to measure the flow properties of fluids with variable viscosity.
2. (obsolete) A device used to measure the flow of electric current: an ammeter.
3. (now rare) A flowmeter, especially for water or blood.

Related terms

• rheogoniometer
• rheology
• rheometric
• rheometry

Translations

device

• French: rhéomètre (fr) m
• German: Rheometer (de) n
• Malay: reometer

References

• Oxford English Dictionary
• K. Walters (1975) Rheometry →ISBN
• Charles Wheatstone (1843) Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society vol 133 page 307
• Julius Ludwig Weisbach (1848) Principles of the Mechanics of Machinery and Engineering page 465
• A. P. Brubaker & L.Landois (1905) A Textbook of Physiology page 172

Anagrams

• heteromer