peirameter

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English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πεῖρα (peîra, a trial) +‎ -meter.

Noun

peirameter (plural peirameters)

  1. (dated) A dynamometer for measuring the force required to draw wheel carriages on roads of different constructions.
    • 1816, R. B. Bryan, Thomas Brown, F. Fox, “Report on the Experiments upon Wheel-carriages ”, in Philosophical Magazine:
      if, then, the peirameter be drawn forward, the carriage which moves the easiest will get before the other

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