French dynamomètre Greek dunamispowerdynamic-mètre-meter
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American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Dynamometer Sentence Examples
The fixed and suspended coils of the dynamometer are respectively connected in series with the magnetizing solenoid and with a secondary wound upon the specimen.
Using these buoys to guide the direction of tow, a grapnel, a species of fivepronged anchor, attached to a strong compound rope formed of strands of steel and manila, is lowered to the bottom and dragged at a slow speed, as it were ploughing a furrow in the sea bottom, in a line at right angles to the cable route, until the behaviour of the dynamometer shows that the cable is hooked.
The apparatus used to measure P or T is the dynamometer.