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SYMPIESOMETER

\sˌɪmpɪsˈɒmɪtə], \sˌɪmpɪsˈɒmɪtə], \s_ˌɪ_m_p_ɪ_s_ˈɒ_m_ɪ_t_ə]\

Definitions of SYMPIESOMETER

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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A barometer in which the changes of volume in a quantity of confined air indicate the fluctuations of the atmospheric pressure. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

n. [Greek] An instrument for determining the pressure of the atmosphere, differing from the barometer in that a column of oil is substituted for the column of mercury, and hydrogen gas for the Torricellian vacuum.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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