Dynamometer
[,dainә'mɒmitә]
Definition
(n.) An apparatus for measuring force or power; especially, muscular effort of men or animals, or the power developed by a motor, or that required to operate machinery.
Typist: Miguel
Definition
n. originally an instrument for measuring force such as the pull exerted by a horse in drawing a cart: the name now usually given to instruments for measuring power.—adjs. Dynamomet′ric -al.
Editor: Vanessa
Examples
- Its amount or measurement is determined in any instance by a dynamometer. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- To study this he made an instrument called the dynamometer, which enabled him to calculate the resistance of friction to which carriages would be exposed on railways. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
Editor: Vito