rotameter

About 0.05 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A device used to measure fluid flow, in which a float rises in a tapered vertical tube to a height dependent on the rate of flow through the tube

Similar words

calibrated potamometer flowmeter ratemeter plethysmometer uroflowmeter water meter hydrotachymeter flowmetry litrameter

Often followed by

is and to or tube reading was for float

Word family

rotameters