Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An instrument for measuring tensile strength.
- noun An instrument used to measure the surface tension of a liquid.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An instrument used to measure the
moisture content ofsoil - noun An instrument used to measure the
tension in awire oryarn , or itstensile strength - noun An instrument used to measure the
surface tension of aliquid
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a measuring instrument for measuring the surface tension of a liquid
- noun a measuring instrument for measuring the moisture content of soil
- noun a measuring instrument for measuring the tension in a wire or fiber or beam
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In his project, called The Creation of an Elastic Integrated Circuit for Applications in Medicine, Tom designed a tensiometer to measure tissue tension, based on a novel multi-walled carbon nanotube elastomer.
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Comparative in vitro deposition (Andersen Cascade Impaction) data on formoterol by nebulization Flixotide ™ were measured at 25°C by a tensiometer (KSV instruments, Finland) using the compared to nebulized solution based on the in vitro profile. vs. DPI.
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In his project, called The Creation of an Elastic Integrated Circuit for Applications in Medicine, Tom designed a tensiometer to measure tissue tension, based on a novel multi-walled carbon nanotube elastomer.
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"A tensiometer measures the force with which water is held in the soil by the soil par - ticles.
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