Sentence examples for device for measuring the from inspiring English sources

Ceilometer, device for measuring the height of cloud bases and overall cloud thickness.

Gas meter, device for measuring the quantity or rate of flow of a gas.

Ballistic pendulum, device for measuring the velocity of a projectile, such as a bullet.

Frequency meter, device for measuring the repetitions per unit of time (customarily, a second) of a complete electromagnetic waveform.

Anemometer, device for measuring the speed of airflow in the atmosphere, in wind tunnels, and in other gas-flow applications.

Someone should really invent a "blunderometer": a device for measuring the frequency and volume of the stupid and careless mistakes that governments make.

Dr. Bhushan, who was previously a storage researcher at I.B.M., and Mr. Goldade developed techniques and devices for measuring the straightness of tape edges and the wear caused by running them through drives.

The Jantar Mantar observatory is like nothing you've ever seen – a slightly mad series of 18 massive plaster sculptures designed by the Maharaja – giant working sundials or devices for measuring the Sun's distance from Earth.

Two gas and liquid permeability cells, using special devices for measuring the injected flow under steady conditions, were designed and presented in this paper.

Aside from basic studies of atoms themselves, the work has led to dozens of novel applications, including astonishingly accurate clocks, high-precision devices for measuring the pull of gravity, and lasers made of coherent "waves" of atoms.

It has also been used in well logging devices for measuring the electron density of the rock formations, which is analogous to the bulk density of the formations.