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compressometer

compressometer noun: a device used to determine the strain or deformation of a specimen while measuring the compressive strength of concrete specimens, generally a cylinder.

compressometer: a device used to determine the strain or deformation of a specimen while measuring the compressive...
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Noun

compressometer (plural compressometers)

  1. A device used to determine the strain or deformation of a specimen while measuring the compressive strength of concrete specimens, generally a cylinder.

Forms of compressometer

pluralcompressometers

Origin of compressometer

compress + -o- + -meter

Questions about compressometer

What does compressometer mean?
Compressometer means a device used to determine the strain or deformation of a specimen while measuring the compressive strength of concrete specimens, generally a cylinder.
What part of speech is compressometer?
Compressometer is a noun.
What is the plural of compressometer?
The plural of compressometer is compressometers.

Words near compressometer in the dictionary

  1. compressive
  2. compressive strength
  3. compressive strengths
  4. compressively
  5. compressiveness
  6. compressometer
  7. compressometers
  8. compressometric
  9. compressometry
  10. compressor
  11. compressoria

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