Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dynamometer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dynamometer \Dy`na*mom"e*ter\, n. [Cf. F. dynamom[`e]tre. See
{Dynameter}.]
An apparatus for measuring force or power; especially,
muscular effort of men or animals, or the power developed by
a motor, or that required to operate machinery.
Note: It usually embodies a spring to be compressed or weight
to be sustained by the force applied, combined with an
index, or automatic recorder, to show the work
performed.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dynamometer
n : measuring instrument designed to measure power
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