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Air thermometer 14. (Paint.)
(a) The representation or reproduction of the effect of
the atmospheric medium through which every object in
nature is viewed. --New Am. Cyc.
(b) Carriage; attitude; action; movement; as, the head of
that portrait has a good air. --Fairholt.
15. (Man.) The artificial motion or carriage of a horse.
Note: Air is much used adjectively or as the first part of a
compound term. In most cases it might be written
indifferently, as a separate limiting word, or as the
first element of the compound term, with or without the
hyphen; as, air bladder, air-bladder, or airbladder;
air cell, air-cell, or aircell; air-pump, or airpump.
Air balloon. See Balloon.
Air bath.
(a) An apparatus for the application of air to the body.
(b) An arrangement for drying substances in air of any
desired temperature.
Air castle. See Castle in the air, under Castle.
Air compressor, a machine for compressing air to be used as
a motive power.
Air crossing, a passage for air in a mine.
Air cushion, an air-tight cushion which can be inflated;
also, a device for arresting motion without shock by
confined air.
Air fountain, a contrivance for producing a jet of water by
the force of compressed air.
Air furnace, a furnace which depends on a natural draft and
not on blast.
Air line, a straight line; a bee line. Hence
Air-line, adj.; as, air-line road.
Air lock (Hydr. Engin.), an intermediate chamber between
the outer air and the compressed-air chamber of a
pneumatic caisson. --Knight.
Air port (Nav.), a scuttle or porthole in a ship to admit
air.
Air spring, a spring in which the elasticity of air is
utilized.
Air thermometer, a form of thermometer in which the
contraction and expansion of air is made to measure
changes of temperature.
Air threads, gossamer.
Air trap, a contrivance for shutting off foul air or gas
from drains, sewers, etc.; a stench trap.
Air trunk, a pipe or shaft for conducting foul or heated
air from a room.
Air valve, a valve to regulate the admission or egress of
air; esp. a valve which opens inwardly in a steam boiler
and allows air to enter.
Air way, a passage for a current of air; as the air way of
an air pump; an air way in a mine.
In the air.
(a) Prevalent without traceable origin or authority, as
rumors.
(b) Not in a fixed or stable position; unsettled.
(c) (Mil.) Unsupported and liable to be turned or taken
in flank; as, the army had its wing in the air.
To take air, to be divulged; to be made public.
To take the air, to go abroad; to walk or ride out. Anemometer
Anemometer An`e*mom"e*ter, n. [Gr. ? wind + -meter.]
An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of the
wind; a wind gauge.
Anemometric
Anemometric An`e*mo*met"ric, Anemometrical
An`e*mo*met"ric*al, a.
Of or pertaining to anemometry.
Anemometrical
Anemometric An`e*mo*met"ric, Anemometrical
An`e*mo*met"ric*al, a.
Of or pertaining to anemometry.
Anemometrograph
Anemometrograph An`e*mo*met"ro*graph, n. [Anemometer +
-graph.]
An anemograph. --Knight.
Anemometry
Anemometry An`e*mom"e*try, n.
The act or process of ascertaining the force or velocity of
the wind.
Arithmometer
Arithmometer Ar`ith*mom"e*ter, n. [Gr. ? number + -meter: cf.
F. arithmom[`e]tre.]
A calculating machine.
Atmometer
Atmometer At*mom"e*ter, n. [Gr. ? smoke, vapor + -meter: cf.
F. atmom[`e]tre.]
An instrument for measuring the rate of evaporation from a
moist surface; an evaporometer. --Huxley.
Celsius thermometerCentigrade Cen"ti*grade, a. [L. centum a hundred + gradus
degree: cf. F. centigrade.]
Consisting of a hundred degrees; graduated into a hundred
divisions or equal parts. Specifically: Of or pertaining to
the centigrade thermometer; as, 10[deg] centigrade (or
10[deg] C.).
Centigrade thermometer, a thermometer having the zero or 0
at the point indicating the freezing state of water, and
the distance between that and the point indicating the
boiling state of water divided into one hundred degrees.
It is called also the Celsius thermometer, from Anders
Celsius, the originator of this scale. Centigrade thermometerCentigrade Cen"ti*grade, a. [L. centum a hundred + gradus
degree: cf. F. centigrade.]
Consisting of a hundred degrees; graduated into a hundred
divisions or equal parts. Specifically: Of or pertaining to
the centigrade thermometer; as, 10[deg] centigrade (or
10[deg] C.).
Centigrade thermometer, a thermometer having the zero or 0
at the point indicating the freezing state of water, and
the distance between that and the point indicating the
boiling state of water divided into one hundred degrees.
It is called also the Celsius thermometer, from Anders
Celsius, the originator of this scale. Cosmometry
Cosmometry Cos*mom"e*try (k?z-m?m"?-tr?), n. [Gr. ko`smos the
world + -metry.]
The art of measuring the world or the universe. --Blount.
Cymometer
Cymometer Cy*mom"e*ter, n. [Gr. ? wave -meter.]
An instrument for exhibiting and measuring wave motion;
specif. (Elec.), an instrument for determining the frequency
of electic wave oscillations, esp. in connection with
wireless telegraphy.
DiathermometerDiathermometer Di`a*ther*mom"e*ter, n. [Gr. ? warm + -meter.
See Diathermal.] (Physics)
An instrument for examining the thermal resistance or
heat-conducting power of liquids. DynamometerDynamometer Dy`na*mom"e*ter, n. [Cf. F. dynamom[`e]tre. See
Dynameter.]
An apparatus for measuring force or power; especially,
muscular effort of men or animals, or the power developed by
a motor, or that required to operate machinery.
Note: It usually embodies a spring to be compressed or weight
to be sustained by the force applied, combined with an
index, or automatic recorder, to show the work
performed. Dynamometric
Dynamometric Dy`na*mo*met"ric, Dynamometrical
Dy`na*mo*met"ric*al, a.
Relating to a dynamometer, or to the measurement of force
doing work; as, dynamometrical instruments.
Dynamometrical
Dynamometric Dy`na*mo*met"ric, Dynamometrical
Dy`na*mo*met"ric*al, a.
Relating to a dynamometer, or to the measurement of force
doing work; as, dynamometrical instruments.
Dynamometry
Dynamometry Dy`na*mom"e*try, n.
The art or process of measuring forces doing work.
Electro-dynamometer
Electro-dynamometer E*lec`tro-dy`na*mom"e*ter, n.
An instrument for measuring the strength of electro-dynamic
currents.
Endosmometer
Endosmometer En`dos*mom"e*ter, n. [Endosmose + -meter.]
(Physics)
An instrument for measuring the force or amount of endosmotic
action.
Endosmometric
Endosmometric En*dos`mo*met"ric, a.
Pertaining to, or designed for, the measurement of endosmotic
action.
Geothermometer
Geothermometer Ge`o*ther*mom"e*ter, n. [Gr. ge`a, gh^, the
earth + E. thermometer.] (Physics)
A thermometer specially constructed for measuring
temperetures at a depth below the surface of the ground.
HaemadremometerHaemadrometer H[ae]m`a*drom"e*ter (? or ?), Haemadremometer
H[ae]m`a*dre*mom"e*ter, n.
Same as Hemadrometer. HaemadromometryHaemadrometry H[ae]m`a*drom"e*try,Haemadromometry
H[ae]m`a*dro*mom"e*try, n.
Same as Hemadrometry. HaemadynamometerHaemadynameter H[ae]`ma*dy*nam"e*ter (? or ?) Haemadynamometer
H[ae]`ma*dy`na*mom"e*ter (? or ?),
Same as Hemadynamometer. HaematodynamometerHaematodynamometer H[ae]`ma*to*dy`na*mom"e*ter (? or ?), n.
Same as Hemadynamometer. Haemochromometer
Haemochromometer H[ae]m`o*chro*mom`e*ter, n. [H[ae]mochrome +
-meter.] (Physiol. Chem.)
An apparatus for measuring the amount of hemoglobin in a
fluid, by comparing it with a solution of known strength and
of normal color.
HaemometerHaemometer H[ae]*mom"e*ter, n. [H[ae]mo- + -meter.] (Physiol.)
Same as Hemadynamometer. Hemadromometer
Hemadrometer Hem`a*drom"e*ter, Hemadromometer
Hem`a*dro*mom"e*ter, n. [Hema- + Gr. ? course + -meter.]
(Physiol.)
An instrument for measuring the velocity with which the blood
moves in the arteries.
Hemadromometry
Hemadrometry Hem`a*drom`e*try, Hemadromometry
Hem`a*dro*mom"e*try, n. (Physiol.)
The act of measuring the velocity with which the blood
circulates in the arteries; h[ae]motachometry.
HemadynamometerHemadynamometer He`ma*dy"na*mom"e*ter, n. [Hema- +
dynamometr.] (Physiol.)
An instrument by which the pressure of the blood in the
arteries, or veins, is measured by the height to which it
will raise a column of mercury; -- called also a
h[ae]momanometer.
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