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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
Sense 1
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
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
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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