: a laboratory apparatus for holding and measuring gases
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebLavoisier wears a plain black frock coat and sits at a table with a quill pen in his hand, and with papers and glass instruments (a gasometer, a barometer) before him. Cynthia Saltzman, WSJ, 29 Apr. 2022 Some conversation, mostly inaudible due to the map, about a gasometer. Katherine A. Powers, WSJ, 20 Sep. 2018
Word History
Etymology
French gazomètre, from gaz + -o- + -mètre -meter
First Known Use
1808, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Medical Definition
gasometer
noun
gas·om·e·ter ga-ˈsäm-ət-ər
: a laboratory apparatus for holding and measuring gases