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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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OZONOMETER n.
An instrument for ascertaining the amount of ozone in the atmosphere, or in any gaseous mixture. Faraday.
PACHOMETER n.
An instrument for measuring thickness, as of the glass of a mirror, or of paper; a pachymeter.
PACHYMETER n.
Same as Pachometer.
PANTOCHRONOMETER n.
An instrument combining a compass, sundial, and universal time dial. Brande & C.
PANTOMETER n.
An instrument for measuring angles for determining elevations, distances, etc.
PARAMETER n. 2 definitions
ecifically (Conic Sections), in the ellipse and hyperbola, a third proportional to any diameter and its conjugate, or in the parabola, to any abscissa and the corresponding ordinate.
PEDOMETER n.
An instrument for including the number of steps in walking, and so ascertaining the distance passed over. It is usually in the form of a watch; an oscillating weight by the motion of the body causes the index to advance a certain distance at each step.
PEIRAMETER n.
A dynamometer for measuring the force required to draw wheel carriages on roads of different constructions. G. Francis.
PELVIMETER n.
An instrument for measuring the dimensions of the pelvis. Coxe.
PENTAMETER n. 2 definitions
A verse of five feet.
PERIMETER n. 2 definitions
The outer boundary of a body or figure, or the sum of all the sides.
PHASE METER; PHASEMETER n.
A device for measuring the difference in phase of two alternating currents of electromotive forces.
PHONOMETER n.
An instrument for measuring sounds, as to their intensity, or the frequency of the vibrations.
PHOTOGRAMMETER n.
A phototheodolite, or a camera designed for use in photogrammetry. --Pho`to*gram*met"ric (#), Pho`to*gram*met"ric*al (#), a.
PHOTOGRAPHOMETER n.
An instrument for determining the sensibility of the plates employed in photographic processes to luminous rays.
PHOTOHELIOMETER n.
A double-lens instrument for measuring slight variations of the sun's diameter by photography, utilizing the common chord of two overlapping images.
PHOTOMETER n.
An instrument for measuring the intensity of light, or, more especially, for comparing the relative intensities of different lights, or their relative illuminating power.
PHTHONGOMETER n.
An instrument for measuring vocal sounds. Whewell.
PIEZOMETER n. 2 definitions
An instrument for measuring the compressibility of liquids.
PIRAMETER n.
A dynamometer for ascertaining the power required to draw carriages over roads.
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