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English Dictionary: DYNAMOMETER by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dynamometer
n
  1. measuring instrument designed to measure power [syn: dynamometer, ergometer]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dynamometer \Dy`na*mom"e*ter\, n. [Cf. F. dynamom[8a]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.
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