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- noun instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something
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- Pitot tube
- Pitot-static tube
- accelerometer
- actinometer
- algometer
- altazimuth
- altimeter
- asdic
- atmometer
- audiometer
- barometer
- bathometer
- bathymeter
- bolometer
- buret
- burette
- caliper
- calliper
- calorimeter
- chronoscope
- colorimeter
- counter tube
- craniometer
- cryoscope
- declinometer
- densimeter
- densitometer
- dip circle
- dosemeter
- dosimeter
- dynamometer
- echo sounder
- electro-dynamometer
- electroscope
- ergometer
- eudiometer
- evaporometer
- gage
- gauge
- graduate
- gravimeter
- gravity meter
- haematocrit
- heliometer
- hematocrit
- horologe
- hydrometer
- hygrometer
- inclinometer
- integrator
- interferometer
- ionization chamber
- ionization tube
- katharometer
- kundt's tube
- lidar
- log
- measure
- measuring rod
- measuring stick
- meter
- microwave radar
- nephoscope
- octant
- oximeter
- pedometer
- pelvimeter
- photometer
- piezometer
- pipet
- pipette
- pitot
- pitot head
- planimeter
- plethysmograph
- potentiometer
- quadrant
- radar
- radio detection and ranging
- radiolocation
- range finder
- rangefinder
- refractometer
- rheometer
- scale
- sclerometer
- sector
- seismograph
- sensitometer
- sextant
- sonar
- sonometer
- spherometer
- spirograph
- spirometer
- static tube
- synchroniser
- synchronizer
- synchronoscope
- synchroscope
- tach
- tachometer
- tape
- tape measure
- tapeline
- tensiometer
- thermometer
- timekeeper
- timepiece
- tintometer
- tonometer
- torsion balance
- transit declinometer
- variometer
- venturi tube
- viscometer
- viscosimeter
- wattmeter
- weighing machine
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