Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
measuring instrument for measuring tension or pressure (especially for measuring intraocular pressure in testing for glaucoma);
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tonometer \To*nom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? a stretching, a tone +
-meter.]
1. (Physics.) An instrument for determining the rate of
vibrations in tones.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Physiol.)
(a) An apparatus for studying and registering the action
of various fluids and drugs on the excised heart of
lower animals.
(b) An instrument for measuring tension, esp. that of the
eyeball.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
tonometer
n 1: measuring instrument for measuring tension or pressure
(especially for measuring intraocular pressure in testing
for glaucoma)