gasometer

noun

gas·​om·​e·​ter ga-ˈsä-mə-tər 

1

: gasholder

2

: a laboratory apparatus for holding and measuring gases

Examples of gasometer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The awful gasometer transformed into the most glorious of cathedrals. — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2024

In 1884, 40 years after Horace Wells first demonstrated that nitrous oxide could relieve pain, Amos Long, a Michigan dentist, patented this gasometer. — Katherine Ott, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2023

Lavoisier wears a plain black frock coat and sits at a table with a quill pen in his hand, and with papers and glass instruments (a gasometer, a barometer) before him. — Cynthia Saltzman, WSJ, 29 Apr. 2022

Word History

Etymology

French gazomètre, from gaz + -o- + -mètre -meter

First Known Use

1808, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for gasometer

• amphitheater
• bolometer
• centimeter
• centimetre
• decimeter
• ergometer
• expositor
• gravimeter
• hexameter
• manometer
• milliliter
• millimeter

Medical Definition

gasometer

noun

gas·​om·​e·​ter ga-ˈsäm-ət-ər 

: a laboratory apparatus for holding and measuring gases