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piezometer(dictionary)

pitiless (oh) and piezometer (medicine)


pitiless (oh)



showing no pity and not caring if people suffer
-synonym cruel cruel
::a pitiless tyrant
::the pitiless bombing of Guernica
literary pitiless wind, rain, or sun is very severe and shows no sign of changing
::a night of pitiless rain
-- pitilessly adv

piezometer (medicine)


piezometer


1. <apparatus, physics> An instrument for measuring the compressibility of liquids.

2. <physics> A gauge connected with a water main to show the pressure at that point.

Origin: Gr. To press: cf. F. Piezometre.

Source: Websters Dictionary