gasometer

noun

gas·​om·​e·​ter ga-ˈsä-mə-tər How to pronounce gasometer (audio)
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: a laboratory apparatus for holding and measuring gases

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The awful gasometer transformed into the most glorious of cathedrals. Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2024 In 1884, 40 years after Horace Wells first demonstrated that nitrous oxide could relieve pain, Amos Long, a Michigan dentist, patented this gasometer. Katherine Ott, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2023 Lavoisier wears a plain black frock coat and sits at a table with a quill pen in his hand, and with papers and glass instruments (a gasometer, a barometer) before him. Cynthia Saltzman, WSJ, 29 Apr. 2022 Some conversation, mostly inaudible due to the map, about a gasometer. Katherine A. Powers, WSJ, 20 Sep. 2018

Word History

Etymology

French gazomètre, from gaz + -o- + -mètre -meter

First Known Use

1808, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of gasometer was in 1808

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“Gasometer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gasometer. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.

Medical Definition

gasometer

noun
gas·​om·​e·​ter ga-ˈsäm-ət-ər How to pronounce gasometer (audio)
: a laboratory apparatus for holding and measuring gases
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