单词 | profilometer |
释义 | profilometern. 1. An instrument for measuring the profile of the face. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > study of body > study of bones > [noun] > instrument for measuring spec. profilometer1895 the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > specific measuring or recording > [noun] > specific measuring or recording instruments pelvimeter1779 labimeter1785 pulmometer1814 neurometer1818 cardiometer1827 pneumatometer1832 lithometer1842 urinometer1843 spirometer1846 labidometer1848 paedometer1848 stethometer1850 pneumometer1853 psychograph1854 aesthesiometer1857 stethogoniometer1858 respirometer1859 anapnometer1860 chest-measurer1862 cardiograph1866 cyrtometer1867 myograph1867 myographion1867 pneumograph1868 anapnograph1870 polygraph1871 pneumatograph1874 pelycometer1875 baraesthesiometer1876 stetho-cardiograph1876 stethograph1876 haemocytometer1877 tambour1877 thoracometer1877 audiometer1879 tropometer1881 inspirometer1882 oncograph1882 oncometer1882 septometer1882 kinesimeter1885 pneograph1888 kinaesthesiometer1890 parturiometer1890 pneometer1890 spirograph1890 tonograph1890 pelvigraph1892 phrenograph1893 profilometer1895 calibrator1900 tremograph1904 urinopyknometer1905 adaptometer1907 phonoscope1908 electrocardiograph1910 phonocardiograph1913 arthrometer1918 pneumotachograph1926 cystometer1927 cardiotachometer1928 encephalograph1934 electroencephalograph1935 ballistocardiograph1938 phonoelectrocardioscope1942 electromyograph1944 pupillograph1951 statometer1957 pneumotach1961 magnetocardiograph1963 1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Profilometer, an instrument composed of sliding rods adjustable to the contour of the face; used in craniometry for transferring to paper the profile of a living person. 1939 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 18 Nov. 1903/2 A description of Dr. Joseph Safian's profilometer is found in his book ‘Rhinoplastic Surgery’. 2. (A proprietary name for) an instrument for measuring or recording the roughness or irregularity of a surface; spec. (a) one in which a fine stylus is drawn over a surface (esp. that of a metal); (b) one consisting of a wheeled frame for travelling along a road; (c) one in which the surface of a material is scanned optically. Cf. roughometer n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring flatness or roughness of surfaces surface gauge1845 planometer1851 true plane1856 profilograph1880 profilometer1925 roughometer1926 1925 Mansfield (Ohio) News 19 Dec. 1/4 The adoption by the [state highway] department of an instrument known as a profilometer for use in seeing how well finished work measures up to specifications. 1949 G. Schlesinger Factory xi. 219/1 Generally the Profilometer provides only ‘average’ readings..determining the roughness of the surface without producing conclusions as regards the waviness. 1966 R. Ashworth Highway Engin. xii. 254 The profilometer consists of a 16-wheeled articulated carriage arranged so as to support the recording gear at a constant height above the continuously arranged level of the road surface at these 16 wheel points. 1976 J. Halling Introd. Tribol. ii. 21 In the profilometer a very fine diamond stylus..is drawn over the surface irregularities... The vertical movement of the stylus..is measured and amplified, usually electronically. 1999 Functional Ecol. 13 869/2 Two-dimensional profiles were measured..using a laser Scantron Proscan 1000 surface profilometer, which has a vertical range of 20 mm and a resolution of 1 μm. Derivatives profiˈlometry n. the use of a profilometer. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > measurement of other dimensions > [noun] > of external form > of roughness of surface profilometry1971 1971 T. F. J. Quinn Applic. Mod. Physical Techniques Tribol. i. 32 The more conventional methods of optical microscopy..and surface profilometry..are often too coarse for this approach. 1996 New Scientist 25 May 44/2 Optical profilometry, a NASA technique for mapping the craters on the Moon, was used to obtain an objective assessment of the degree of wrinkling. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1895 |
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