"rotameter" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: rotameters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} rotameter (plural rotameters)
  1. (physics) A device used to measure fluid flow, in which a float rises in a tapered vertical tube to a height dependent on the rate of flow through the tube

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