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- Ancient Greek · derived fromσυμπίεσις“compression”
- English todaysympiezometer
Irregular formation from Ancient Greek συμπίεσις (sumpíesis, “compression”) + -o- + -meter.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
sympiezometer
Today it means: A type of barometer whereby the liquid is suspended below air or other gas rather than a vacuum, so that the atmospheric pressure acts against the weight of the liquid and the pressure of the gas. Full definition →
Ancient Greek συμπίεσις