Meaning & use
Tasimeter
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An instrument that detects extremely small changes in pressure or temperature by measuring the resulting change in electrical resistance.
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Thomas Edison invented the tasimeter in 1878 to measure minute variations in heat.
The tasimeter was briefly used to observe faint heat radiating from the sun's corona during a solar eclipse.
A note on using this word
The name combines Greek roots meaning 'stretching' and 'measure,' reflecting how the device tracked tiny expansions of a carbon button under pressure.
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