deformetern.
An instrument for measuring deformation. Also attributive.
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1927 G. E. Beggs in Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 203 380 The deformeter apparatus..consists of very precise means for producing known, but very small, displacements at sections where stress is sought, and optical means for measuring the deflections of the model at..load points.
1927 G. E. Beggs in Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 203 380 An indeterminate frame connected to the deformeter gauges and in position for deformation readings.
1946 Nature 20 July 91/2 Research work into structural analysis by the deformeter.
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