释义 |
spring-loaded meter spring-loaded meter[′spriŋ ¦lōd·əd ′mēd·ər] (engineering) A variable-area flowmeter in which the force on an obstruction in a tapered tube created by the fluid flowing past the obstruction is balanced by the force of a spring to which the obstruction is attached, and the resulting differential pressure is used to determine the flow rate. |