rotameter

rotameter
/roh tam"i teuhr, roh"teuh mee'-/, n.
an instrument for measuring the rate of flow of a liquid, consisting of a tapered vertical tube in which a small float is forced upward until its weight balances the fluid force.
[partial trans. of G Rotamesser (1911), equiv. to Rota(tion) ROTATION + Messer measurer, meter]

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