n. [ Cf. F. dynamomètre. See Dynameter. ] An apparatus for measuring force or power; especially, muscular effort of men or animals, or the power developed by a motor, or that required to operate machinery. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ It usually embodies a spring to be compressed or weight to be sustained by the force applied, combined with an index, or automatic recorder, to show the work performed.
n. [ Hema- + dynamometr. ] (Physiol.) An instrument by which the pressure of the blood in the arteries, or veins, is measured by the height to which it will raise a column of mercury; -- called also a haemomanometer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Myo- + E. dynamometer. ] (Physiol.) An instrument for measuring the muscular strength of man or of other animals; a dynamometer. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]
. (Elec.) An electric dynamometer having two coils so arranged that one carries the primary current, and the other the secondary current, of a transformer. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
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