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tensometer

tensometer noun: a device for evaluating various tensile properties of a material, such as Young's modulus, ultimate tensile strength and Poisson's ratio. Also the alternative spelling of tensiometer.

tensometer: a device for evaluating various tensile properties of a material, such as Young's modulus, ultimate...
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Noun

tensometer (plural tensometers)

  1. A device for evaluating various tensile properties of a material, such as Young's modulus, ultimate tensile strength and Poisson's ratio.

Also used as

tensometer is also the alternative spelling of tensiometer.

Forms of tensometer

pluraltensometers

Origin of tensometer

tension + -meter

Questions about tensometer

What does tensometer mean?
Tensometer means a device for evaluating various tensile properties of a material, such as Young's modulus, ultimate tensile strength and Poisson's ratio.
What part of speech is tensometer?
Tensometer is a noun.
What is the plural of tensometer?
The plural of tensometer is tensometers.

Words near tensometer in the dictionary

  1. tensities
  2. tensity
  3. tensive
  4. tensome
  5. tensomes
  6. tensometer
  7. tensometers
  8. tensomething
  9. tensomethings
  10. tenson
  11. tensons

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