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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an instrument for measuring the flow of liquids (especially arterial blood);


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hydrometer \Hy*drom"e*ter\, n. [Hydro-, 1 + -meter: cf. F. hydrom[`e]tre.] 1. (Physics) An instrument for determining the specific gravities of liquids, and thence the strength spirituous liquors, saline solutions, etc. [1913 Webster] Note: It is usually made of glass with a graduated stem, and indicates the specific gravity of a liquid by the depth to which it sinks in it, the zero of the scale marking the depth to which it sinks in pure water. Extra weights are sometimes used to adapt the scale to liquids of different densities. [1913 Webster] 2. An instrument, variously constructed, used for measuring the velocity or discharge of water, as in rivers, from reservoirs, etc., and called by various specific names according to its construction or use, as tachometer, rheometer, hydrometer, pendulum, etc.; a current gauge. Hydrometric
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rheometer \Rhe*om"e*ter\, n. [Gr. "rei^n to flow + -meter.] [Written also reometer.] 1. (Physics) An instrument for measuring currents, especially the force or intensity of electrical currents; a galvanometer. [1913 Webster] 2. (Physiol.) An instrument for measuring the velocity of the blood current in the arteries. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

rheometer n 1: an instrument for measuring the flow of liquids (especially arterial blood)