tensometern.
/tɛnˈsɒmɪtə/ 1. An apparatus for measuring the tensile strength of a material.
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Charpy1915
tensometer1937
1937 Nature 1 May 765/2 The Griffin Gale testing machine enables tensile..tests to be carried out on small samples of metals... In the same class is the Hounsfield tensometer.
1950 Chem. Abstr. 44 7 (heading) Mechanical tensometer for measurements of deformations on temperature change.
1971 Nature 2 Apr. 323/1 The specimens were strained at a rate of 1mm min−1; the tensometer and electrometer head amplifier were enclosed in an earthed brass gauze to screen out extraneous electrical fields.
2. = tensiometer n. 1a.
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the world > matter > liquid > [noun] > surface-tension > instrument to measure surface tension
tensiometer1922
tensometer1941
1941 Abstr. Sci. & Technical Press No. 91. 178 The author has designed an interfacial tensometer... In this instrument the force exerted by the interfacial layer on a platinum ring is measured by means of a torsion balance.
3. = tensiometer n. 2.
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the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > [noun] > tension > instrument for measuring
tensiometer1947
tensometer1953
1953 K. H. Inderfurth Nylon Technol. vii. 159 It is essential that the yarn tension be frequently checked with a tensometer.
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