different between wire vs tensiometer

English

Etymology

From Middle English wir, wyr, from Old English w?r (“wire, metal thread, wire-ornament”), from Proto-Germanic *w?raz (“wire”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh?iros (“a twist, thread, cord, wire”), from *weh?y- (“to turn, twist, weave, plait”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /wa??(?)/
• (US) enPR: w???r, w?r, IPA^(key): /?wa??/
• Rhymes: -a??(r)

Noun

wire (countable and uncountable, plural wires)

1. (uncountable) Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.
2. A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable.
3. A metal conductor that carries electricity.
4. A fence made of usually barbed wire.
5. (sports) A finish line of a racetrack.
6. (informal) A telecommunication wire or cable.
7. (by extension) An electric telegraph; a telegram.
8. (slang) A hidden listening device on the person of an undercover operative for the purposes of obtaining incriminating spoken evidence.
9. (informal) A deadline or critical endpoint.

10. (billiards) A wire strung with beads and hung horizontally above or near the table which is used to keep score.
11. (usually in the plural) Any of the system of wires used to operate the puppets in a puppet show; hence, the network of hidden influences controlling the action of a person or organization; strings.

    to pull the wires for office

12. (archaic, thieves' slang) A pickpocket who targets women.
13. (slang) A covert signal sent between people cheating in a card game.
14. (Scotland) A knitting needle.
15. The slender shaft of the plumage of certain birds.

Synonyms

• (thin thread of metal): cable, steel wire, thread
• (metal conductor that carries electricity): conducting wire
• (fencing made of usually barbed wire): barbed wire
• (informal: telegraph): See telegraph
• (informal: message transmitted by telegraph): See telegram
• (object used to keep the score in billiards): score string

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

Descendants

• ? Gulf Arabic: ????? (w?yir)

See also

• filament
• hawser
• cable

Verb

wire (third-person singular simple present wires, present participle wiring, simple past and past participle wired)

1. To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.
   • 1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, 1992 Bantam edition, ?ISBN, page 222:

     I could see him in his plane flying low over the river or a reservoir, dropping the club out with a chunk of lead wired to the shaft.

2. To string on a wire.

3. To equip with wires for use with electricity.

   Do you know how to wire a plug?
4. To add something into an electrical system by means of wiring; to incorporate or include something.

   I'll just wire your camera to the computer screen.

5. (figuratively, usually passive) To fix or predetermine (someone's personality or behaviour) in a particular way.

   There's no use trying to get Sarah to be less excitable. That's just the way she's wired.

6. To send a message or monetary funds to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominantly by telegraph.

7. (slang) To make someone tense or psyched up. See also adjective wired.

8. (slang) To install eavesdropping equipment.

9. To snare by means of a wire or wires.
10. (transitive, croquet) To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot.

Synonyms

• (equip for use with electricity): electrify
• (informal: send a message or funds by telecommunications): cable, telegraph

Antonyms

• (to fasten with wire): unwire

Troponyms

• (to fasten with wire): rewire
• (equip for use with electricity): rewire

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Weir, weir, wier

Javanese

Romanization

wire

1. Romanization of ????

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

wire m (definite singular wiren, indefinite plural wirer, definite plural wirene)

1. Alternative spelling of vaier

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

wire m (definite singular wiren, indefinite plural wirar, definite plural wirane)

1. Alternative spelling of vaier

English

Alternative forms

• tensometer

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

tensiometer (plural tensiometers)

1. An instrument used to measure the moisture content of soil.
2. An instrument used to measure the tension in a wire or yarn, or its tensile strength.
3. An instrument used to measure the surface tension of a liquid.

Related terms

• tensiometric
• tensiometry

Further reading

• tensiometer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tensiometer (soil science) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Tensiometer (surface tension) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons