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stabilimeter|stæbɪˈlɪmɪtə(r)|
[f. stabili-ty = -meter.]
1. Aeronaut. A contrivance for ascertaining the stability of a model airship or aeroplane.
1907G. H. Bryan in Cornhill Mag. May 619 A stabilimeter..would enable any experimenter to test the stability of a complete model of his own flying machine. 1911Webster.
2. Biol. A device attached to or forming an animal's cage, the movement of which is recorded as a measure of the animal's activity.
1940Jrnl. Exper. Psychol. XXVII. 91 A similar but smaller stabilimeter has been constructed for studies on spontaneous activity and conditioning in guinea pigs. 1954Jrnl. Compar. & Physiol. Psychol. XLVII. 97 The basic apparatus unit was a stabilimeter-type activity recorder... It involves a circular living cage resting on a central pivot about which it can tilt slightly in any direction. 1972A. K. Bartoshuk in Kling & Riggs Woodworth & Schlosberg's Exper. Psychol. (ed. 3) xviii. 822/2 Stabilimeter activity increased markedly for the younger rats..but scarcely at all for 100-day rats. |