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Device
|
Quantity measured
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accelerometer
|
physical,
accelerations
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actinometer
|
heating
power of sunlight
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alcoholmeter
|
alcoholic
strength of liquids
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altimeter
|
altitude
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ammeter
|
electric
current
|
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anemometer
|
windspeed
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audiometer
|
hearing
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barkometer
|
tanning
liquors used in tanning leather
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barometer
|
air
pressure
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bettsometer
|
integrity
of fabric coverings on aircraft
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bevameter
|
mechanical
properties of soil
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bolometer
|
electromagnetic
radiation
|
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breathalyzer
|
breath
alcohol content
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caliper
|
distance
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calorimeter
|
heat of
chemical reactions
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cathetometer
|
vertical
distances
|
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ceilometer
|
height
of a cloud base
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chronometer or clock
|
time
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clap-o-meter
|
volume
of applause
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colorimeter
|
colour
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creepmeter
|
slow
surface displacement of an active geologic fault in the earth
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declinometer
|
magnetic
declination
|
|
densimeter
|
specific
gravity of liquids
|
|
densitometer
|
degree
of darkness in photographic or semitransparent material
|
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diffractometer
|
structure
of crystals
|
|
dilatometer
|
volume
changes caused by a physical or chemical process
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|
disdrometer
|
size,
speed, and velocity of raindrops
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|
dosimeter
|
exposure
to hazards, especially radiation
|
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dumpy level
|
horizontal
levels
|
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dynamometer
|
force,torque
or power
|
|
elaeometer
|
specific
gravity of oils
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|
electricity meter
|
electrical
energy used
|
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electrometer
|
electric
charge
|
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electronic tuner
|
pitch
of musical notes
|
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ellipsometer
|
refractive
index, dielectric function, thickness of thin films
|
|
eudiometer
|
change
in volume of a gas mixture following combustion
|
|
evaporimeter
|
rate of
evaporation
|
|
fathometer
|
ocean
depth
|
|
framing square
|
right
angles in construction
|
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fuel gauge
|
fuel
level
|
|
galvanometer
|
electricity
|
|
gas pycnometer
|
volume
and density of solids
|
|
graphometer
|
angles
|
|
heliometer
|
variation
of the sun's diameter
|
|
hydrometer
|
specific
gravity of liquids (density of liquids)
|
|
hygrometer
|
humidity
|
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inclinometer
|
angle
of a slope
|
|
inkometer
|
ink
|
|
interferometer
|
wave
interference
|
|
katharometer
|
composition
of gases
|
|
lactometer
|
specific
gravity of milk
|
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light meter
|
light
(in photography)
|
|
load cell
|
measurement
of force
|
|
lux meter
|
intensity
of light
|
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magnetometer
|
strength
of magnetic fields
|
|
manometer
|
pressure
of gas
|
|
mass flow meter
|
mass
flow rate of a fluid travelling through a tube
|
|
mass spectrometer
|
masses
of ions, used to identify chemical substances through their mass spectra
|
|
measuring cup
|
liquid
and dry goods
|
|
micrometer
|
small
distances
|
|
multimeter
|
electrical
potential, resistance, and current
|
|
nephelometer
|
particle
in a liquid
|
|
odometer
|
distance
travelled
|
|
ohmmeter
|
electrical
resistance
|
|
orchidometer
|
testicle
size in male humans
|
|
oscilloscope
|
oscillations
|
|
osmometer
|
osmotic
strength of a solution, colloid, or compound
|
|
pedometer
|
steps
|
|
pH meter
|
pH
(chemical acidity/basicity of a solution)
|
|
photometer
|
illuminance
or irradiance
|
|
polarimeter
|
rotation
of polarized light
|
|
potentiometer
|
voltage
(term is also used to refer to a variable resistor)
|
|
profilometer
|
surface
roughness
|
|
protractor
|
angles
|
|
psychrometer
|
humidity
|
|
pycnometer
|
fluid
density
|
|
pyranometer
|
solar
radiation
|
|
pyrheliometer
|
direct
solar insolation
|
|
pyrometer
|
high
temperatures
|
|
quadrat
|
percentage
cover of a certain species
|
|
quartz crystal microbalance
|
thickness
of deposited thin films
|
|
radiometer
|
radiant
flux of electromagnetic radiation
|
|
refractometer
|
sugar
concentration of sap and syrup
|
|
rheometer
|
response
to applied forces
|
|
rotameter
|
pressure
of a liquid or gas in a closed tube
|
|
saccharometer
|
amount
of sugar in a solution
|
|
seismometer
|
seismic
waves (for example, earthquakes)
|
|
sextant
|
location
on earth's surface (used in naval navigation)
|
|
spectrometer
|
properties
of light
|
|
spectrophotometer
|
intensity
of light as a function of wavelength
|
|
speedometer
|
speed,
velocity of a vehicle
|
|
spherometer
|
radius
of a sphere
|
|
sphygmomanometer
|
blood
pressure
|
|
stadimeter
|
object
range
|
|
strainmeter
|
seismic
strain
|
|
SWR meter
|
standing
wave ratio
|
|
tacheometer
|
distance
|
|
tachometer
|
revolutions
per minute, rate of blood flow, speed of aeroplanes
|
|
taximeter
|
distance
travelled, displacement
|
|
tensiometer
|
surface
tension of a liquid
|
|
theodolite
|
measuring
angles in the horizontal and vertical planes
|
|
thermometer
|
temperature
|
|
tintometer
|
colour
|
|
universal measuring machine
|
geometric
locations
|
|
UV meter
|
ultraviolet
light
|
|
vacuum gauge
|
very
low pressure
|
|
viscometer
|
viscosity
of a fluid
|
|
voltmeter
|
electric
potential, voltage
|
|
VU meter
|
volume
unit
|
|
wattmeter
|
electrical
power
|
|
weighing scale
|
weight
|
|
wind vane
|
wind
direction
|
|
zymometer
|
fermentation
|