gasometer : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: gasometer	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for gasometer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gasometer n a meter for measuring the amount of gas flowing through a particular pipe Synonym(s): gas meter, gasometer a large gas-tight spherical or cylindrical tank for holding gas to be used as fuel Synonym(s): gas holder, gasometer
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gasometer \Gasom"eter\ (? [or] ?), n. [Gas + -meter. Cf. F. gazom[8a]tre.] An apparatus for holding and measuring of gas; in gas works, a huge iron cylinder closed at one end and having the other end immersed in water, in which it is made to rise or fall, according to the volume of gas it contains, or the pressure required.