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piezometer


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Piezometer  \Pi`e*zom"e*ter\,  n.  [Gr.  ?  to  press  +  -meter:  cf  F. 
  pi['e]zom[`e]tre.] 
  1.  (Physics)  An  instrument  for  measuring  the  compressibility 
  of  liquids. 
 
  2.  (Physics)  A  gauge  connected  with  a  water  main  to  show  the 
  pressure  at  that  point. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  piezometer 
  n  :  an  instrument  for  measuring  high  pressures 




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