measuring device

Noun

Meaning

instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something

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An expensive measuring device, for no apparent reason, suddenly stopped working, although Pauli was in fact absent. Source: Internet

It’s now the dominant measuring device around the world, says Cohen, while mercury thermometers are on the way out. Source: Internet

This type of electroscope usually acts as an indicator and not a measuring device, although it can be calibrated. Source: Internet

A round lamella was placed at such a distance from the measuring device that it would be seen at the same angle as the Sun. Source: Internet

One way in which Heisenberg originally illustrated the intrinsic impossibility of violating the uncertainty principle is by using an imaginary microscope as a measuring device. Source: Internet

The problem with this reasoning, however, is that the word meter in those usages refers to a measuring device, not a unit of length. Source: Internet

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