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tensiometer definition

ten·si·om·eter (ten′sē äm′ət ər)

noun

any instrument for measuring tautness or tension, as of a stretched wire or fabric or of the surface of a fluid

Etymology: < tension + -meter

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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