different between rheometer vs rheology

English

Etymology

From rheo- +? -meter

Noun

rheometer (plural rheometers)

1. A device used to measure the flow properties of fluids with variable viscosity.
2. (obsolete) A device used to measure the flow of electric current: an ammeter.
3. (now rare) A flowmeter, especially for water or blood.

Related terms

• rheogoniometer
• rheology
• rheometric
• rheometry

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References

• Oxford English Dictionary
• K. Walters (1975) Rheometry ?ISBN
• Charles Wheatstone (1843) Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society vol 133 page 307
• Julius Ludwig Weisbach (1848) Principles of the Mechanics of Machinery and Engineering page 465
• A. P. Brubaker & L.Landois (1905) A Textbook of Physiology page 172

Anagrams

• heteromer

English

Etymology

1920, coined by Eugene C. Bingham, a professor at Lafayette College, following a suggestion by a colleague, Markus Reiner; inspired by aphorism ????? ??? (pánta rheî, “everything flows”) by Simplicius of Cilicia. Formed from Ancient Greek ??? (rhé?, “flow”) +? -logy (“study of”, suffix ultimately from Ancient Greek). See also rheo-.

Noun

rheology (plural rheologies)

1. (physics) The branch of physics that studies the deformation and flow of matter.

Related terms

• diarrhea (further -rrhea/-rrhoea terms there)
• rheogoniometer
• rheometer
• rheometric
• rheometry

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