Associations to the word «Gravimeter»

Wiktionary

GRAVIMETER, noun. (physics) An instrument used to measure local variations in the gravitational field.
GRAVIMETER, noun. (physics) A hydrometer.

Dictionary definition

GRAVIMETER, noun. A measuring instrument for determining the specific gravity of a liquid or solid.
GRAVIMETER, noun. A measuring instrument for measuring variations in the gravitational field of the earth.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope