"McLeod gauge" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: McLeod gauges [plural], McLeod gage [alternative]
Etymology: Invented in 1874 by Herbert McLeod. Head templates: {{en-noun}} McLeod gauge (plural McLeod gauges)
  1. (physics) a device, rather like a manometer, used to measure low pressures close to that of a vacuum, by using an application of Boyle's law Related terms: sticky vacuum

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