manometricadj.
/ˌmanə(ʊ)ˈmɛtrɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌmænəˈmɛtrɪk/ I. Compounds.
1. manometric flame n. disused (the flame in) a flame manometer.
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the world > matter > gas > [adjective] > relating to or made with specific instrument
manometrical1778
eudiometrical1789
eudiometric1854
manometric flame1873
manometric1898
1873 A. E. Dolbear in G. Prescott Speaking Telephone (1879) 262 While engaged in making a manometric flame capsule.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 679/1 The next step was König's invention of manometric flames by which the oscillations of a thin membrane under sound-pressures acted on a small reservoir of gas connected with a flame.
2. manometric capsule n. †(a) a flame manometer (obsolete); (b) a similar device for analysing sound vibrations in a pipe or other resonator, in which the vibrations of the membrane are amplified by an attached mirror (now chiefly historical).
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the world > matter > physics > science of sound > vibration > instrument for analysing vibration > [noun]
sonometer1802
siren1822
sirenea1830
opeidoscope1873
flame manometer1875
manometric capsule1879
wave-siren1881
pitch meter1947
1879 G. B. Prescott Speaking Telephone (new ed.) 67 For some time I carried on experiments with the manometric capsule of Köenig and the phonautograph of Léon Scott.
1958 H. J. Gray Dict. Physics 314/2 A simplified and more useful form of König's manometric capsule has been devised by E. G. Richardson... The flame is now replaced by a small mirror attached..to..the rubber membrane.
II. General uses.
3. Of or relating to a manometer or manometers; made with a manometer.
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the world > matter > gas > [adjective] > relating to or made with specific instrument
manometrical1778
eudiometrical1789
eudiometric1854
manometric flame1873
manometric1898
1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 464 Manometric observations reveal no increase of pressure in the auricle at the moment of closure of the auriculo-ventricular valves.
1930 Biol. Abstr. 4 2745/1 By use of suitable suspensions of B. coli in Warburg's apparatus a biological, direct (manometric) method of measuring the hexoses is described.
1968 Jrnl. Pediatrics 73 41/1 The methods used in the determinations of bicarbonate were either back titration according to Lagerlöf, or manometric determination in a Thomas–Van Slyke apparatus.
1986 C. Culpin Farm Machinery (ed. 11) x. 171/1 The manometric head is the sum of the static head..and the friction head.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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