— manometric /man'euh me"trik/ , manometrical , adj. — manometrically , adv. — manometry , n.
/meuh nom"i teuhr/ , n.
an instrument for measuring the pressure of a fluid, consisting of a tube filled with a liquid, the level of the liquid being determined by the fluid pressure and the height of the liquid being indicated on a scale.
[ 1700-10; manomètre, equiv. to mano- ( manós loose, rare, sparse) + -mètre -METER ]