"taseometer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: taseometers [plural]
Etymology: Ancient Greek [Term?] (“a stretching”) + -meter Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|||a stretching}} Ancient Greek [Term?] (“a stretching”), {{suffix|en||meter}} + -meter Head templates: {{en-noun}} taseometer (plural taseometers)
  1. (obsolete, rare) An instrument for measuring physical strain in a structure. Tags: obsolete, rare
    Sense id: en-taseometer-en-noun-suH8rpH2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -meter

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