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tonometer

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun tonometer has 1 sense

tonometer(n = noun.artifact) - measuring instrument for measuring tension or pressure (especially for measuring intraocular pressure in testing for glaucoma);

measuring device

measuring instrument

measuring system

CIDE DICTIONARY

tonometer, n. [Gr. a stretching, a tone + -meter.].

An instrument for determining the rate of vibrations in tones. [1913 Webster]
An apparatus for studying and registering the action of various fluids and drugs on the excised heart of lower animals. [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

tonometer, n.
1 a tuning-fork or other instrument for measuring the pitch of tones.
2 an instrument for measuring the pressure of fluid.

Etymology

formed as TONE + -METER

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