different between manometer vs manometrically

English

Alternative forms

• manometre (nonstandard)

Etymology

From French manomètre, formed from Ancient Greek ????? (manós, “thin, rare”) + ?????? (métron).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /m??n?m?t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /m??n?m?t?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /m??n?m?d??/

Noun

manometer (plural manometers)

1. An instrument to measure pressure in a fluid, especially a double-legged liquid column gauge used to measure the difference in the pressures of two fluids.
   • 1872, The American Journal of Science

     As soon as the manometer of the pump indicated the maximum of rarification, the apparatus was inclined […]

   • 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity’s Rainbow:

     Pökler helped in working out the Halbmodelle solution: bisecting the model lengthwise and mounting it flat-side to the wall of the test chamber, bringing the tubes through that way to all the manometers outside.

   Synonyms: manoscope, pressure gauge

Translations

See also

• sphygmomanometer - measures blood pressure

• Manometer in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• manometre

English

Etymology

manometric +? -ally

Adverb

manometrically (not comparable)

1. using a manometer.