kinemometer

Noun

kinemometer (plural kinemometers)

1. An electromagnetic device, similar to the velocity ballistocardiograph, for measuring contraction and relaxation in a tendon reflex.
   • He suggested that the Lawson kinemometer, a quantitative device for testing the Achilles' tendon jerks, might be a useful method for surveying families for hypothyroidism.1961, Medical Genetics, page 443
   • Typical reflexes of hypothyroid and hyperthyroid children are described; the kinemometer proved useful in diagnosis and treatment of thyroid disorders.1964, Rehabilitation Literature - Volumes 25-26, page 216
2. A highly sensitive type of tachometer.
   • M. Jacquemier, inventor of the kinemometer, dynamometer, and other useful appliances, gained the Plumey Prize; and M. Marcel Deprez the Fourneyron, for his ingenious electric experiments on the Chemin-de-fer du Nord.1884, Sir Norman Lockyer, Nature - Volume 30, page 69
   • The bureau's researches in the war involving electrical principles covered many subjects—the location of enemy batteries by means of sound-recording mechanisms, the electrical control of airplane guns to fire between the propeller blades, time studies of gunfiring, variation of gun pressures...1920, United States Dept. of Commerce, Reports of the Department of Commerce: 1919, page 108