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Spiroscope :: Spirometry (n.) The act or process of measuring the chest capacity by means of a spirometer.

Salimeter :: Salimeter (n.) An instrument for measuring the amount of salt present in any given solution.

Dynamometry :: Dynamometry (n.) The art or process of measuring forces doing work.

Hydrography :: Hydrography (n.) The art of measuring and describing the sea, lakes, rivers, and other waters, with their phenomena..

Juger :: "Juger (n.) A Roman measure of land, measuring 28,800 square feet, or 240 feet in length by 120 in breadth..

Inductometer :: Inductometer (n.) An instrument for measuring or ascertaining the degree or rate of electrical induction.

Inched :: Inched (a.) Having or measuring (so many) inches; as, a four-inched bridge..

Two-foot :: Two-foot (a.) Measuring two feet; two feet long, thick, or wide; as, a two-foot rule..

Ombrometer :: Ombrometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the rain that falls; a rain gauge.

Optometer :: Optometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the distance of distinct vision, mainly for the selection of eveglasses..

Kymograph :: Kymograph (n.) An instrument for measuring, and recording graphically, the pressure of the blood in any of the blood vessels of a living animal; -- called also kymographion..

Chronograph :: Chronograph (n.) An instrument for measuring or recording intervals of time, upon a revolving drum or strip of paper moved by clockwork. The action of the stylus or pen is controlled by electricity..

Opisometer :: Opisometer (n.) An instrument with a revolving wheel for measuring a curved line, as on a map..

Gauge :: Gauge (n.) Any instrument or apparatus for measuring the state of a phenomenon, or for ascertaining its numerical elements at any moment; -- usually applied to some particular instrument; as, a rain gauge; a steam gauge..

Stethoscope :: Stethometer (n.) An apparatus for measuring the external movements of a given point of the chest wall, during respiration; -- also called thoracometer..

Three-quarter :: Three-quarter (a.) Measuring thirty inches by twenty-five; -- said of portraitures.

Calipers :: Calipers (n. pl.) An instrument, usually resembling a pair of dividers or compasses with curved legs, for measuring the diameter or thickness of bodies, as of work shaped in a lathe or planer, timber, masts, shot, etc.; or the bore of firearms, tubes, etc.; -- called also caliper compasses, or caliber compasses..

Pole :: Pole (n.) A measuring stick; also, a measure of length equal to 5/ yards, or a square measure equal to 30/ square yards; a rod; a perch..

Polarimetry :: Polarimetry (n.) The art or process of measuring the polarization of light.

Lysimeter :: Lysimeter (n.) An instrument for measuring the water that percolates through a certain depth of soil.

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