stabilimetern.
/stabɪˈlɪmɪtə/ 1. Aeronautics. A contrivance for ascertaining the stability of a model airship or aeroplane.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > construction and servicing aircraft or spacecraft > [noun] > testing equipment
stabilimeter1907
altitude chamber1918
spin tunnel1947
space chamber1959
1907 G. 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.
1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Add. Stabilimeter, an instrument for determining stability, as of an airship model.
2. Biology. A device attached to or forming an animal's cage, the movement of which is recorded as a measure of the animal's activity.
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the world > life > biology > laboratory analysis > apparatus > [noun] > for measuring
osmometer1854
plethysmograph1872
respirometer1896
turbidimeter1905
Warburg1930
stabilimeter1940
1940 Jrnl. Exper. Psychol. 27 91 A similar but smaller stabilimeter has been constructed for studies on spontaneous activity and conditioning in guinea pigs.
1954 Jrnl. Compar. & Physiol. Psychol. 47 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.
1972 A. 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.
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