tensiometer

1. 1.

   a measuring instrument for measuring the moisture content of soil

   Broadermeasuring instrument
2. 2.

   a measuring instrument for measuring the tension in a wire or fiber or beam

   Broadermeasuring instrument
3. 3.

   a measuring instrument for measuring the surface tension of a liquid

   Broadermeasuring instrument

Other forms of tensiometer

plural

tensiometers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about tensiometer

What does tensiometer mean?

tensiometer means "a measuring instrument for measuring the moisture content of soil". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tensiometer?

tensiometer has 5 syllables: ten-si-o-me-ter. The stress falls on "o". In IPA it is /ˌtɛnsiˈɑmɪtɚ/.

Is tensiometer a common word?

tensiometer is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with tensiometer?

1 word rhymes with tensiometer. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.