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TENSIOMETER

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Dictionary entry overview: What does tensiometer mean?

• TENSIOMETER (noun)
The noun TENSIOMETER has 3 senses:

1. a measuring instrument for measuring the moisture content of soil
2. a measuring instrument for measuring the tension in a wire or fiber or beam
3. a measuring instrument for measuring the surface tension of a liquid

Familiarity information: TENSIOMETER used as a noun is uncommon.

Dictionary entry details

• TENSIOMETER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A measuring instrument for measuring the moisture content of soil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("tensiometer" is a kind of...):

measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A measuring instrument for measuring the tension in a wire or fiber or beam

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("tensiometer" is a kind of...):

measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)

Sense 3

tensiometer ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

A measuring instrument for measuring the surface tension of a liquid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("tensiometer" is a kind of...):

measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)

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