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Heliometry :: Heliometry (n.) The apart or practice of measuring the diameters of heavenly bodies, their relative distances, etc. See Heliometer..

Peirameter :: Peirameter (n.) A dynamometer for measuring the force required to draw wheel carriages on roads of different constructions.

Ambulator :: Ambulator (n.) An instrument for measuring distances; -- called also perambulator.

Pantometer :: Pantometer (n.) An instrument for measuring angles for determining elevations, distances, etc..

Rheometer :: Rheometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the velocity of the blood current in the arteries.

Atmometer :: Atmometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the rate of evaporation from a moist surface; an evaporometer.

Rule :: Rule (a.) A measuring instrument consisting of a graduated bar of wood, ivory, metal, or the like, which is usually marked so as to show inches and fractions of an inch, and jointed so that it may be folded compactly..

Globulimeter :: Globulimeter (n.) An instrument for measuring the number of red blood corpuscles in the blood.

#NAME? :: -metry () A suffix denoting the art, process, or science, of measuring; as, acidmetry, chlorometry, chronometry..

Haemoscope :: Haemoscope (n.) An instrument devised by Hermann, for regulating and measuring the thickness of a layer of blood for spectroscopic examination..

Limb :: Limb (n.) The graduated margin of an arc or circle, in an instrument for measuring angles..

Sandglass :: Sandglass (n.) An instrument for measuring time by the running of sand. See Hourglass.

Actinometer :: Actinometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the direct heating power of the sun's rays.

Perambulator :: Perambulator (n.) A surveyor's instrument for measuring distances. It consists of a wheel arranged to roll along over the ground, with an apparatus of clockwork, and a dial plate upon which the distance traveled is shown by an index. See Odometer..

Aethrioscope :: Aethrioscope (n.) An instrument consisting in part of a differential thermometer. It is used for measuring changes of temperature produced by different conditions of the sky, as when clear or clouded..

Hand :: Hand (n.) A measure equal to a hand's breadth, -- four inches; a palm. Chiefly used in measuring the height of horses..

Calorimeter :: Calorimeter (n.) An apparatus for measuring the amount of heat contained in bodies or developed by some mechanical or chemical process, as friction, chemical combination, combustion, etc..

Radiometer :: Radiometer (n.) An instrument designed for measuring the mechanical effect of radiant energy.

Telemeter :: Telemeter (n.) An instrument used for measuring the distance of an object from an observer; as, a telescope with a micrometer for measuring the apparent diameter of an object whose real dimensions are known..

Measure :: Measure (v. i.) To result, or turn out, on measuring; as, the grain measures well; the pieces measure unequally..

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