Acceleter |
Accelerations |
Actinometer |
Heating power of sunlight, heating power of radiation, solar radiation |
Alcoholmeter |
Alcoholic strength of liquids |
Altimeter |
Altitude |
Ammeter |
Electric current |
Anemometer |
Windspeed |
Audiometer |
Hearing |
Barkometer |
Tanning liquors used in tanning leather |
Barometer |
Air pressure |
Bettsometer |
Integrity of fabric coverings on aircraft |
Bevameter |
Mechanical properties of soil |
Bolometer |
Electromagnetic radiation |
Breathalyzer |
Breath alcohol content |
Caliper |
Distance |
Calorimeter |
Heat of chemical reactions |
Cathetometer |
Vertical distances |
Ceilometer |
Height of a cloud base |
Chronometer or clock |
Time |
Clap-o-meter |
Volume of applause |
Colorimeter |
Colour |
Creepmeter |
Slow surface displacement of an active geologic fault in the earth |
Declinometer |
Magnetic declination |
Densimeter |
Specific gravity of liquids |
Densitometer |
Degree of darkness in photographic or semitransparent material |
Diffractometer |
Structure of crystals |
Dilatometer |
Volume changes caused by a physical or chemical process |
Disdrometer |
Size, speed, and velocity of raindrops |
Dosimeter |
Exposure to hazards, especially radiation |
Dumpy level |
Horizontal levels |
Elaeometer |
Specific gravity of oils |
Electricity meter |
Electrical energy used |
Electrometer |
Electric charge |
Electronic tuner |
Pitch of musical notes |
Eudiometer |
Change in volume of a gas mixture following combustion |
Evaporimeter |
Rate of evaporation |
Fathometer |
Ocean depth |
Framing square |
Right angles in construction |
Fuel gauge |
Fuel level |
Galvanometer |
Electricity |
Gas pycnometer |
Volume and density of solids |
Graphometer |
Angles |
Heliometer |
Variation of the sun's diameter |
Hydrometer |
Specific gravity of liquids (density of liquids) |
Hygrometer |
Humidity |
Inclinometer |
Angle of a slope |
Inkometer |
Ink |
Interferometer |
Wave interference |
Katharometer |
Composition of gases |
Lactometer |
Specific gravity of milk |
Light meter |
Light (in photography) |
Load cell |
Measurement of force |
Lux meter |
Intensity of light |
Magnetometer |
Strength of magnetic fields |
Manometer |
Pressure |
Mass spectrometer |
Masses of ions, used to identify chemical substances through their mass spectra |
Measuring cup |
Liquid and dry goods |
Micrometer |
Small distances |
Multimeter |
Electrical potential, resistance, and current |
Nephelometer |
Particle in a liquid |
Odometer |
Distance travelled |
Ohmmeter |
Electrical resistance |
Orchidometer |
Testicle size in male humans |
Osmometer |
Osmotic strength of a solution, colloid, or compound |
Pedometer |
Steps |
Ph meter |
Ph (chemical acidity/basicity of a solution) |
Photometer |
Illuminance or irradiance |
Pocket watch |
Time |
Polarimeter |
Rotation of polarized light |
Potentiometer |
Voltage (term is also used to refer to a variable resistor) |
Protractor |
Angles |
Psychrometer |
Humidity |
Pycnometer |
Fluid density |
Pyranometer |
Solar radiation |
Pyrheliometer |
Direct solar insolation |
Pyrometer |
High temperatures |
Quadrat |
Percentage cover of a certain species |
Rheometer |
Response to applied forces |
Rotameter |
Pressure of a liquid or gas in a closed tube |
Saccharometer |
Amount of sugar in a solution |
Seismometer |
Seismic waves (for example, earthquakes) |
Sextant |
Location on earth's surface (used in naval navigation) |
Spectrometer |
Properties of light |
Spectrophotometer |
Intensity of light as a function of wavelength |
Speedometer |
Speed, velocity |
Sphygmomanometer |
Blood pressure |
Stadimeter |
Object range |
Strainmeter |
Seismic strain |
Tacheometer |
Distance |
Tachometer |
Revolutions per minute, rate of blood flow |
Taximeter |
Distance travelled, displacement |
Tensiometer |
Surface tension of a liquid |
Thermometer |
Temperature |
Tintometer |
Colour |
Universal measuring machine |
Geometric locations |
Uv meter |
Ultraviolet light |
Viscometer |
Viscosity of a fluid |
Voltmeter |
Electric potential, voltage |
Vu meter |
Volume unit |
Wattmeter |
Electrical power |
Weighing scale |
Weight |
Wind vane |
Wind direction |
Zymometer |
Fermentation |