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Al Important Measurements Instrument

ACCELEROMETER acceleration

ACTINOMETER heating power of sunlight

ALCOHOLOMETER alcoholic strength of liquids

ALTIMETER altitude

AMMETER electric current

ANEMOMETER windspeed

ATMOMETER rate of evaporation

AUDIOMETER hearing

BARKOMETER tanning liquors used in tanning leather

BAROMETER air pressure

BETTSOMETER integrity of fabric coverings on aircraft

BEVAMETER mechanical properties of soil

BOLOMETER electromagnetic radiation

CALORIMETER heat of chemical reactions

CATHETOMETER vertical distances

CEILOMETER height of a cloud base

CHRONOMETER time

CLAP-O-METER volume of applause

COLORIMETER colour

CREEPMETER slow surface displacement of an active

geologic fault in the earth

DECLINOMETER magnetic declination

DENSIMETER specific gravity of liquids

DENSITOMETER degree of darkness in photographic or

semitransparent material

DIFFRACTOMETER structure of crystals

DILATOMETER volume changes caused by a physical or

chemical process

DISDROMETER size, speed, and velocity of raindrops

DOSIMETER exposure to hazards, especially radiation

DUROMETER hardness

DYNAMETER magnification of a telescope

DYNAMOMETER force or torque

ELAEOMETER specific gravity of oils

ELECTROMETER electric charge

EUDIOMETER change in volume of a gas mixture following

combustion

EVAPORIMETER rate of evaporation

GALVANOMETER electricity

GAS PYCNOMETER volume and density of solids

GRAPHOMETER angles

HELIOMETER variation of the sun's diameter

HYDROMETER specific gravity of liquidsHYGROMETER humidity

INKOMETER ink

INTERFEROMETER wave interference

KATHAROMETER composition of gases

LACTOMETER specific gravity of milk

LIGHT METER light (in photography)

MAGNETOMETER strength of magnetic fields

MANOMETER pressure

MASS SPECTROMETER masses of ions, used to identify

chemical substances through their mass spectra

MULTIMETER electrical potential, resistance, and current

NEPHELOMETER particle in a liquid

ODOMETER distance

OHMMETER electrical resistanceOSMOMETER osmotic strength of a solution, colloid, or

compound

PEDOMETER steps

PH METER pH (chemical acidity/basicity of a solution)

PHOTOMETER illuminance or irradiance

POLARIMETER rotation of polarized light

potentiometer voltage (term is also used to refer to a

variable resistor)

PSYCHROMETER humidity

PYCNOMETER fluid density

PYRANOMETER solar radiation

PYROMETER high temperatures

RHEOMETER response to applied forces

SACCHAROMETER amount of sugar in a solutionSEISMOMETER seismic waves (for example, earthquakes)

SEXTANT location on earth's surface (used in naval

navigation)

SPECTROMETER properties of light

SPECTROPHOTOMETER intensity of l ight as a function of

wavelength

SPEEDOMETER speed, velocity

SPHYGMOMANOMETER blood pressure

STRAINMETER seismic strain

STADIMETER object range

TACHEOMETER distance

TACHOMETER revolutions per minute, rate of blood flow

TAXIMETER distance travelled, displacement

TENSIOMETER surface tension of a liquidTHERMOMETER temperature

universal measuring machine geometric locations

VISCOMETER viscosity of a fluid

VOLTMETER electric potential, voltage

WATTMETER electrical power

ZYMOMETER fermentation