Associations to the word «Penetrometer»

Wiktionary

PENETROMETER, noun. A mechanical device that measures the ease of penetration of an object into a semisolid.
PENETROMETER, noun. A device that measures the penetrating power of electromagnetic radiation (especially X-rays).

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky