Definition of gasometer in English:

gasometer

noun ɡaˈsɒmɪtəɡæˈsɑmədər

A large metal tank, typically cylindrical, in which gas for use as fuel is stored before being distributed through pipes to consumers.
Example sentencesExamples
- What could be better than, instead of tearing down its one remaining - and in aesthetic terms, extremely attractive - gasometer, to keep it, and supplement its worth by bringing other fine examples from across the UK to join it?
- However, powers superior to me concluded that our very own gasometer did not qualify for preservation and celebration as the best of Britain's gas-holding heritage.
- The expired gas was measured in a wet gasometer.
- The design takes its cue from redundant gasometer and gantry structures adjoining the site.
- In 1998 it was roundly condemned for giving a B-listing to the 100-year-old, 300 ft-high Granton gasometer on Edinburgh's seafront.

Origin

Late 18th century (in the sense 'container for holding or measuring a gas'): from French gazomètre, from gaz 'gas' + -mètre '(instrument) measuring'.

Rhymes

accelerometer, anemometer, barometer, geometer, manometer, micrometer, milometer, olfactometer, optometer, pedometer, photometer, pyrometer, speedometer, swingometer, tachometer, thermometer

Definition of gasometer in US English:

gasometer

nounɡæˈsɑmədərɡaˈsämədər

A tank for storing and measuring gas.
Example sentencesExamples
- The expired gas was measured in a wet gasometer.
- What could be better than, instead of tearing down its one remaining - and in aesthetic terms, extremely attractive - gasometer, to keep it, and supplement its worth by bringing other fine examples from across the UK to join it?
- However, powers superior to me concluded that our very own gasometer did not qualify for preservation and celebration as the best of Britain's gas-holding heritage.
- In 1998 it was roundly condemned for giving a B-listing to the 100-year-old, 300 ft-high Granton gasometer on Edinburgh's seafront.
- The design takes its cue from redundant gasometer and gantry structures adjoining the site.

Origin

Late 18th century (in the sense ‘container for holding or measuring a gas’): from French gazomètre, from gaz ‘gas’ + -mètre ‘(instrument) measuring’.

单词	gasometer
释义	Definition of gasometer in English: gasometer noun ɡaˈsɒmɪtəɡæˈsɑmədər A large metal tank, typically cylindrical, in which gas for use as fuel is stored before being distributed through pipes to consumers. Example sentencesExamples What could be better than, instead of tearing down its one remaining - and in aesthetic terms, extremely attractive - gasometer, to keep it, and supplement its worth by bringing other fine examples from across the UK to join it? However, powers superior to me concluded that our very own gasometer did not qualify for preservation and celebration as the best of Britain's gas-holding heritage. The expired gas was measured in a wet gasometer. The design takes its cue from redundant gasometer and gantry structures adjoining the site. In 1998 it was roundly condemned for giving a B-listing to the 100-year-old, 300 ft-high Granton gasometer on Edinburgh's seafront. Origin Late 18th century (in the sense 'container for holding or measuring a gas'): from French gazomètre, from gaz 'gas' + -mètre '(instrument) measuring'. Rhymes accelerometer, anemometer, barometer, geometer, manometer, micrometer, milometer, olfactometer, optometer, pedometer, photometer, pyrometer, speedometer, swingometer, tachometer, thermometer Definition of gasometer in US English: gasometer nounɡæˈsɑmədərɡaˈsämədər A tank for storing and measuring gas. Example sentencesExamples The expired gas was measured in a wet gasometer. What could be better than, instead of tearing down its one remaining - and in aesthetic terms, extremely attractive - gasometer, to keep it, and supplement its worth by bringing other fine examples from across the UK to join it? However, powers superior to me concluded that our very own gasometer did not qualify for preservation and celebration as the best of Britain's gas-holding heritage. In 1998 it was roundly condemned for giving a B-listing to the 100-year-old, 300 ft-high Granton gasometer on Edinburgh's seafront. The design takes its cue from redundant gasometer and gantry structures adjoining the site. Origin Late 18th century (in the sense ‘container for holding or measuring a gas’): from French gazomètre, from gaz ‘gas’ + -mètre ‘(instrument) measuring’.
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