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Word Meanings - VACUOMETER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An instrument for the comparison of barometers. An apparatus for the measurement of low pressures.

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  • INSTRUMENTAL
    Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for, an instrument, esp. a musical instrument; as, instrumental music, distinguished from vocal music. "He defended the use of instrumental music in public worship." Macaulay. Sweet voices mix'd with instrumental
  • COMPARISON
    The modification, by inflection or otherwise, which the adjective and adverb undergo to denote degrees of quality or quantity; as, little, less, least, are examples of comparison. (more info) 1. The act of comparing; an examination of two or more
  • INSTRUMENTALITY
    The quality or condition of being instrumental; that which is instrumental; anything used as a means; medium; agency. The instrumentality of faith in justification. Bp. Burnet. The discovery of gunpowder developed the science of attack and defense
  • INSTRUMENTATION
    1. The act of using or adapting as an instrument; a series or combination of instruments; means; agency. Otherwise we have no sufficient instrumentation for our human use or handling of so great a fact. H. Bushnell. The arrangement of a musical
  • INSTRUMENTALLY
    1. By means of an instrument or agency; as means to an end. South. They will argue that the end being essentially beneficial, the means become instrumentally so. Burke. 2. With instruments of music; as, a song instrumentally accompanied. Mason.
  • INSTRUMENT
    A writing, as the means of giving formal expression to some act; a writing expressive of some act, contract, process, as a deed, contract, writ, etc. Burrill. 4. One who, or that which, is made a means, or is caused to serve a purpose; a medium,
  • INSTRUMENTALISM
    The view that the sanction of truth is its utility, or that truth is genuine only in so far as it is a valuable instrument. -- In`stru*men"tal*ist, n. Instrumentalism views truth as simply the value belonging to certain ideas in so far as these
  • INSTRUMENTALIST
    One who plays upon an instrument of music, as distinguished from a vocalist.
  • INSTRUMENTALNESS
    Usefulness or agency, as means to an end; instrumentality. Hammond.
  • APPARATUS
    A collection of organs all of which unite in a common function; as, the respiratory apparatus. (more info) 1. Things provided as means to some end. 2. Hence: A full collection or set of implements, or utensils, for a given duty, experimental or
  • MEASUREMENT
    1. The act or result of measuring; mensuration; as, measurement is required. 2. The extent, size, capacity, amount. or quantity ascertained by measuring; as, its measurement is five acres.
  • INSTRUMENTIST
    A performer on a musical instrument; an instrumentalist.
  • INSTRUMENTARY
    Instrumental.
  • INTERCOMPARISON
    Mutual comparison of corresponding parts.
  • BUFFING APPARATUS
    See 1
  • MISMEASUREMENT
    Wrong measurement.

 

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