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auxanometer|ˌɔːksəˈnɒmɪtə(r)|
[f. Gr. αὐξάνειν to increase + -ometer.]
An instrument for measuring growth in plants.
1878Masters Henfrey's Elem. Bot. (ed. 3) 612 Where great accuracy and the measurement of minute spaces [in growth] are demanded, recourse must be had to special instruments called Auxanometers. 1887Bateson & Darwin in Jrnl. Linn. Soc., Bot. XXIV. 2 The increase in length was measured by means of an auxanometer-lever. |