peirameter

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noun

A dynamometer for measuring the force required to draw wheel carriages on roads of different constructions.

OriginAncient Greek πεῖρα →
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Meanings

nounpeirameter (plural peirameters)

plural peirameters

  1. datedA dynamometer for measuring the force required to draw wheel carriages on roads of different constructions.

    if, then, the peirameter be drawn forward, the carriage which moves the easiest will get before the other

    1816, R. B. Bryan, Thomas Brown, F. Fox, “Report […] on the Experiments upon Wheel-carriages […] ”, in Philosophical Magazine

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekπεῖρα“a trial”
  2. Englishpeirameter

From Ancient Greek πεῖρα (peîra, “a trial”) + -meter.

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