a device which measures the respiration rate of living organisms by monitoring oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide production
respirometer in American English
(ˌrespəˈrɑmɪtər)
noun
1.
an instrument for measuring the extent of respiratory movement
2.
an instrument for measuring oxygen consumption or carbon dioxide production in anisolated tissue
Word origin
[1885–90; respire + -o- + -meter]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: scrum, seminar, twofer, upsweep, zoom-o- is the typical ending of the first element of compounds of Greek origin (as -i- is, in compounds of Latin origin), used regularly in forming new compounds with elementsof Greek origin and often used in English as a connective irrespective of etymology(Franco-Italian; geography; seriocomic; speedometer); -meter is a combining form meaning “measure,” used in the names of instruments measuringquantity, extent, degree, etc. Other words that use the affix -meter include: gravimeter, interferometer, micrometer, telemeter, variometer
Examples of 'respirometer' in a sentence
respirometer
Swimming speed tests were performed in a respirometer-type apparatus.
Costa Sampaio Francisco Alexandre, Pompeu Paulo Santos, de Andrade e Santos Hersília,Lopes Ferreira Rodrigo 2012, 'Swimming performance of epigeal and hypogeal species of Characidae, with an emphasison the troglobiotic Stygichthys typhlops Brittan & Böhlke, 1965', International Journal of Speleologyhttp://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1034&context=ijs. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We measured activity within respirometer chambers and routine metabolic rate.
Erin K. Kenison, Rod N. Williams 2018, 'Training for Translocation: Predator Conditioning Induces Behavioral Plasticity andPhysiological Changes in Captive Eastern Hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensisalleganiensis) (Cryptobranchidae, Amphibia)', Diversityhttp://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/10/1/13. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)