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Moon :: Moon (n.) The celestial orb which revolves round the earth; the satellite of the earth; a secondary planet, whose light, borrowed from the sun, is reflected to the earth, and serves to dispel the darkness of night. The diameter of the moon is 2,160 miles, its mean distance from the earth is 240,000 miles, and its mass is one eightieth that of the earth. See Lunar month, under Month..

Kilostere :: Kilostere (n.) A cubic measure containing 1000 cubic meters, and equivalent to 35,315 cubic feet..

Dioptre :: Dioptre (n.) A unit employed by oculists in numbering glasses according to the metric system; a refractive power equal to that of a glass whose principal focal distance is one meter.

Polygraph :: Polygraph (n.) An instrument for detecting deceptive statements by a subject, by measuring several physiological states of the subject, such as pulse, heartbeat, and sweating. The instrument records these parameters on a strip of paper while the subject is asked questions designed to elicit emotional responses when the subject tries to deceive the interrogator. Also called lie detector.

Zymometer :: Zymometer (n.) Alt. of Zymosimete.

Cone Pulley :: Cone pulley () A pulley for driving machines, etc., having two or more parts or steps of different diameters; a pulley having a conical shape..

Sensibility :: Sensibility (n.) That quality of an instrument which makes it indicate very slight changes of condition; delicacy; as, the sensibility of a balance, or of a thermometer..

Zero :: Zero (n.) The point from which the graduation of a scale, as of a thermometer, commences..

Metre :: Metre (n.) See Meter.

Sector :: Sector (n.) An astronomical instrument, the limb of which embraces a small portion only of a circle, used for measuring differences of declination too great for the compass of a micrometer. When it is used for measuring zenith distances of stars, it is called a zenith sector..

Trunk :: Trunk (n.) A large pipe forming the piston rod of a steam engine, of sufficient diameter to allow one end of the connecting rod to be attached to the crank, and the other end to pass within the pipe directly to the piston, thus making the engine more compact..

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

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

Hydrometrical :: Hydrometrical (a.) Of or pertaining to an hydrometer, or to the determination of the specific gravity of fluids..

Ellipticity :: Ellipticity (n.) Deviation of an ellipse or a spheroid from the form of a circle or a sphere; especially, in reference to the figure of the earth, the difference between the equatorial and polar semidiameters, divided by the equatorial; thus, the ellipticity of the earth is /..

Water Meter :: Water meter () A contrivance for measuring a supply of water delivered or received for any purpose, as from a street main..

Pyroscope :: Pyroscope (n.) An instrument for measuring the intensity of heat radiating from a fire, or the cooling influence of bodies. It is a differential thermometer, having one bulb coated with gold or silver leaf..

Radius :: Radius (n.) A right line drawn or extending from the center of a circle to the periphery; the semidiameter of a circle or sphere.

Tribometer :: Tribometer (n.) An instrument to ascertain the degree of friction in rubbing surfaces.

Phonometer :: Phonometer (n.) An instrument for measuring sounds, as to their intensity, or the frequency of the vibrations..

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