extensometer

[ ek-sten-som-i-ter ]
/ ˌɛk stɛnˈsɒm ɪ tər /

noun

an instrument for measuring minute degrees of expansion, contraction, or deformation.
Also extensimeter.

Origin of extensometer

First recorded in 1885–90; extens(ion) + -o- + -meter

Words nearby extensometer

extension tube, extensional, extensionality, extensity, extensive, extensometer, extensor, extensor muscle of fingers, extensor muscle of index finger, extensor muscle of little finger, extensor retinaculum

British Dictionary definitions for extensometer

extensometer

extensimeter (ˌɛkstɛnˈsɪmɪtə)

/ (ˌɛkstɛnˈsɒmɪtə) /

noun

an apparatus for studying small changes of length, as in the thermal expansion or mechanical compression of a solid