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Definition of 'gasometer'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) gasometer
an apparatus for measuring and storing gas in a laboratory.

2. gasometer
a large tank or reservoir of gas, as at a gasworks.

Etymology: (1785–95; < F)

Definition of 'gasometer'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) gas meter, gasometer
a meter for measuring the amount of gas flowing through a particular pipe

2. (noun) gas holder, gasometer
a large gas-tight spherical or cylindrical tank for holding gas to be used as fuel

Definition of 'gasometer'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) gasometer
an apparatus for holding and measuring of gas; in gas works, a huge iron cylinder closed at one end and having the other end immersed in water, in which it is made to rise or fall, according to the volume of gas it contains, or the pressure required

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