tasimeter

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noun

An instrument for detecting or measuring minute extension or movements of solid bodies. It consists of a small rod or disk of carbon forming part of an electrical circuit, whose resistance (varied by the changes of pressure produced by the movements of the object to be measured) causes variations in the strength of the current, which are indicated by a sensitive galvanometer.

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Meanings

nountasimeter (plural tasimeters)

plural tasimeters

  1. An instrument for detecting or measuring minute extension or movements of solid bodies. It consists of a small rod or disk of carbon forming part of an electrical circuit, whose resistance (varied by the changes of pressure produced by the movements of the object to be measured) causes variations in the strength of the current, which are indicated by a sensitive galvanometer.

    The eclipse offered the opportunity to test the tasimeter, and Edison promptly headed west for the July 29 event.

    2007, Martin Woodside, Thomas Alva Edison

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekτάσις“stretching, extension”
  2. Englishtasimeter

From Ancient Greek τάσις (tásis, “stretching, extension”) + -meter.

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