Talk:List of measuring devices

word 	Measures accelerometer 	acceleration actinometer 	heating power of sunlight alcoholometer 	alcoholic strength of liquids altimeter 	altitude ammeter 	electric current, amperage anemometer 	windspeed atmometer 	rate of evaporation audiometer 	hearing barometer 	air pressure bevameter 	mechanical properties of soil bolometer 	electromagnetic radiation calorimeter 	heat of chemical reactions ceilometer 	height of a cloud base chronometer 	time colorimeter 	colour creepmeter 	slow surface displacement of an active geologic fault in the earth declinometer 	magnetic declination densimeter 	specific gravity of liquids densitometer 	degree of darkness in photographic or semitransparent material diffractometer 	structure of crystals disdrometer 	size, speed, and velocity of raindrops dosimeter 	exposure to hazards, especially radiation durometer 	hardness dynameter 	magnification of a telescope dynamometer 	force or torque elaeometer 	specific gravity of oils electrometer 	electric charge eudiometer 	change in volume of a gas mixture following combustion evaporimeter 	rate of evaporation galvanometer 	electricity graphometer 	angles heliometer 	variation of the sun's diameter hydrometer 	specific gravity of liquids hygrometer 	humidity inkometer 	ink interferometer 	wave interference katharometer 	composition of gases lactometer 	specific gravity of milk magnetometer 	strength of magnetic fields manometer 	pressure mass spectrometer 	masses of ions, used to identify chemical substances through their mass spectra multimeter 	electrical potential, resistance, and current nephelometer 	particle in a liquid odometer 	distance ohmmeter 	electrical resistance osmometer 	osmotic strength of a solution, colloid, or compound pedometer 	steps pH meter 	pH (chemical acidity/basicity of a solution) photometer 	illuminance or irradiance polarimeter 	rotation of polarized light potentiometer 	voltage (term is also used to refer to a variable resistor) psychrometer 	humidity pycnometer 	fluid density pyranometer 	solar radiation pyrometer 	high temperatures saccharometer 	amount of sugar in a solution seismometer 	seismic waves (for example, earthquakes) spectrometer 	properties of light spectrophotometer 	intensity of light as a function of wavelength speedometer 	speed, velocity sphygmomanometer 	blood pressure strainmeter 	seismic strain tacheometer 	distance tachometer 	revolutions per minute, rate of blood flow taximeter 	distance travelled, displacement tensiometer 	surface tension of a liquid thermometer 	temperature viscometer 	viscosity of a fluid voltmeter 	electric potential, voltage wattmeter 	electrical power zymometer 	fermentation