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Gravimeter

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. An instrument used to measure specific gravity.

n. An instrument used to measure variations in a gravitational field.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. an instrument used to measure local variations in the gravitational field

n. a hydrometer

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. An instrument for ascertaining the specific gravity of bodies.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. An instrument for determining the specific gravities of bodies, whether liquid or solid. See hydrometer.

n. An instrument for measuring the force of gravity against some elastic force. There have been many attempts to construct such instruments, but none has been successful.

n. Specifically, a copper vessel of one cubic foot capacity, with a heavy plate-glass cover, used in determining the density of large-grained gunpowder inclusive of the vacant spaces between its grains. See gravimetric density of gunpowder, under density.

n. a measuring instrument for determining the specific gravity of a liquid or solid

n. a measuring instrument for measuring variations in the gravitational field of the earth

Word Usage

"It was called a gravimeter, and it sat in a huge glass-and-wood cabinet like the ones you see at the Smithsonian or the British Museum."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

measuring device measuring instrument measuring system