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Tensiometers

Scope note

Instruments for measuring longitudinal stress, as in wires or beams, or for measuring the negative pressure, or surface tension, of liquids.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000199712

Broader Terms used

<pressure measuring devices>

Term used for

tensometers

Equivalent Terms used

tensiometer

Created

13yrs ago

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