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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An instrument for measuring the amount of work done by a muscle or group of muscles.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An instrument for measuring work; a dynamometer. Watt's indicator-diagram is an example of an ergometer. Also called electro-ergometer.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Physics) A device for measuring, or an instrument for indicating, energy expended or work done; a dynamometer.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A dynamometer used to measure the work done by muscles

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun measuring instrument designed to measure power

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Greek ergon, work; see werg- in Indo-European roots + –meter.]

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