serimeter
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French sérimètre.
Noun edit
serimeter (plural serimeters)
- A device used for testing the strength of thread or yarn, especially of silk.
- 1883, United States Bureau of Entomology, “Physical properties of reeled silk”, in Bulletin[1], number 9, page 54:
- The elasticity and the tenacity of raw silk are determined by the use of the serimeter.
- 1922, The American Silk Journal, volume 41, page 70:
- The serimeters (Fig. 7) are of both the Henry Baer and Milan Conditioning House type and are mounted in a laboratory having humidity control.
- 1955, Industrial Quality Control, volume 11, page 16:
- A serimeter is a machine used for breaking yarn in order to determine its strength and elongation.