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Metre :: Metre (n.) See Meter.

Venus :: Venus (n.) One of the planets, the second in order from the sun, its orbit lying between that of Mercury and that of the Earth, at a mean distance from the sun of about 67,000,000 miles. Its diameter is 7,700 miles, and its sidereal period 224.7 days. As the morning star, it was called by the ancients Lucifer; as the evening star, Hesperus..

Hypermeter :: Hypermeter (n.) Hence, anything exceeding the ordinary standard..

Areometrical :: Areometrical (a.) Pertaining to, or measured by, an areometer..

Electro-metrical :: Electro-metrical (a.) Pertaining to electrometry; made by means of electrometer; as, an electrometrical experiment..

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

Ureameter :: Ureameter (n.) An apparatus for the determination of the amount of urea in urine, in which the nitrogen evolved by the action of certain reagents, on a given volume of urine, is collected and measured, and the urea calculated accordingly..

Calibrate :: Calibrate (v. i.) To ascertain the caliber of, as of a thermometer tube; also, more generally, to determine or rectify the graduation of, as of the various standards or graduated instruments..

Bore :: Bore (n.) The size of a hole; the interior diameter of a tube or gun barrel; the caliber.

Spiroylic :: Spiroscope (n.) A wet meter used to determine the breathing capacity of the lungs.

Correction :: Correction (n.) An allowance made for inaccuracy in an instrument; as, chronometer correction; compass correction..

Chondrometer :: Chondrometer (n.) A steelyard for weighting grain.

Thermopile :: Thermopile (n.) An instrument of extreme sensibility, used to determine slight differences and degrees of heat. It is composed of alternate bars of antimony and bismuth, or any two metals having different capacities for the conduction of heat, connected with an astatic galvanometer, which is very sensibly affected by the electric current induced in the system of bars when exposed even to the feeblest degrees of heat..

Rheometric :: Rheometric (a.) Of or pertaining to a rheometer or rheometry.

Nitrometer :: Nitrometer (n.) An apparatus for determining the amount of nitrogen or some of its compounds in any substance subjected to analysis; an azotometer.

Equirotal :: Equirotal (a.) Having wheels of the same size or diameter; having equal rotation.

Diametrical :: Diametrical (a.) As remote as possible, as if at the opposite end of a diameter; directly adverse..

Aneroid :: Aneroid (a.) Containing no liquid; -- said of a kind of barometer.

Neck :: Neck (v. t.) To reduce the diameter of (an object) near its end, by making a groove around it; -- used with down; as, to neck down a shaft..

Aerometer :: Aerometer (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the weight or density of air and gases.

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