n. [ Cf. F. dynamomètre. See Dynameter. ] An apparatus for measuring force or power; especially, muscular effort of men or animals, or the power developed by a motor, or that required to operate machinery. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It usually embodies a spring to be compressed or weight to be sustained by the force applied, combined with an index, or automatic recorder, to show the work performed.

n. An instrument for measuring the strength of electro-dynamic currents. [ 1913 Webster ]

pr>(hē`m&adot_;*dī`n&adot_;*m&obreve_;m"&euptack_;*t&etilde_;r or h&ebreve_;m`&adot_;*d&ibreve_;n`&adot_;-), Same as Hemadynamometer. [1913 Webster]

n. Same as Hemadynamometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hema- + dynamometr. ] (Physiol.) An instrument by which the pressure of the blood in the arteries, or veins, is measured by the height to which it will raise a column of mercury; -- called also a haemomanometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hydro-, 1 + dynamometer. ] An instrument to measure the velocity of a liquid current by the force of its impact. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Myo- + E. dynamometer. ] (Physiol.) An instrument for measuring the muscular strength of man or of other animals; a dynamometer. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Elec.) An electric dynamometer having two coils so arranged that one carries the primary current, and the other the secondary current, of a transformer. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. (Mach.) A dynamometer in which power is measured, without being absorbed or used up, during transmission. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]