piezometer
nounAn instrument for measuring pressure, especially high pressure.
nounAn instrument for measuring the degree of resistance of the tissues of the body.
nounAny instrument for ascertaining or testing pressure.
nounAn instrument for showing the compressibility of water or other liquid, and the degree of such compressibility under varying pressures.
nounAn instrument consisting essentially of a vertical tube inserted into a water-main, to show the pressure of the fluid at that point, by the height to which it ascends in the tube of the piezometer.
nounA sounding-apparatus in which advantage is taken of the compression of air in a tube by the pressure of the water at great depths to indicate the depth of the water.
nounAn instrument for testing the pressure of gas in the bore of a gun.
nounAn instrument for measuring the compressibility of liquids.
nounA gauge connected with a water main to show the pressure at that point.
nounAn instrument used to measure
