n. An instrument used to measure the moisture content of soil
n. An instrument used to measure the tension in a wire or yarn, or its tensile strength
n. An instrument used to measure the surface tension of a liquid
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n. a measuring instrument for measuring the surface tension of a liquid
n. a measuring instrument for measuring the moisture content of soil
n. a measuring instrument for measuring the tension in a wire or fiber or beam
Word Usage
"In his project, called The Creation of an Elastic Integrated Circuit for Applications in Medicine, Tom designed a tensiometer to measure tissue tension, based on a novel multi-walled carbon nanotube elastomer."