DYNAMOMETER
\dˌa͡ɪnɐmˈɒmɪtə], \dˌaɪnɐmˈɒmɪtə], \d_ˌaɪ_n_ɐ_m_ˈɒ_m_ɪ_t_ə]\
Definitions of DYNAMOMETER
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
By Daniel Lyons
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An instrument for measuring force exerted or power expended in doing work.
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Dynamometric.
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Dynamometrical.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Myodynamiometer, Myodynamometer, (F.) Dynamometre, from 'force,' 'vital power,' and 'measure.' An instrument, contrived by M. Regnier, for measuring the comparative muscular strength of man and animals. It consists of a spring, which, when pressed upon, causes a needle to move upon a portion of a circle, furnished with a scale of kilogrammes and one of myriagrammes. To measure the strength of the hands, the two branches of the spring are firmly grasped, and brought as near together as the force can carry them. This effort makes the needle traverse, and indicates, on the scale of kilogrammes, the strength of the experimenters hands. A man, 25 or 30 years of age, exerts a force commonly equal to 50 kilogrammes or 100 pounds. The strength of the loins of a man, about 30 years of age, as indicated by this instrument, is usually about 30 myriagrammes, or 265 pounds, which shows the weight he is capable of raising. From experiments made by Peron, in his voyage, on 12 individuals of Van Diemens Land, 17 of New Holland, 56 of the Island of Timor, 17 Frenchmen belonging to the expedition, and 14 Englishmen in the colony of New South Wales, he found their comparative strength, indicated by the dynamometer.
By Robley Dunglison
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An instrument for testing muscular power.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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An instrument for measuring the power exerted in muscular contractions, particularly for testing the muscular strength of an individual. Special modifications of the d. have been used for measuring the muscular power of the urinary bladder, the uterus, etc.
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An apparatus for measuring the magnifying power of telescopes, etc. [Gr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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