"pear gauge" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pear gauges [plural]
Etymology: So called because consisting in part of a pear-shaped glass vessel. Head templates: {{en-noun}} pear gauge (plural pear gauges)
  1. A kind of gauge for measuring the exhaustion of an air-pump receiver.
    Sense id: en-pear_gauge-en-noun-7TvxN4Xg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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