dynamometer

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
dynamometer
    n 1: measuring instrument designed to measure power [syn:
         {dynamometer}, {ergometer}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dynamometer \Dy`na*mom"e*ter\, n. [Cf. F. dynamom[`e]tre. See
   {Dynameter}.]
   An apparatus for measuring force or power; especially,
   muscular effort of men or animals, or the power developed by
   a motor, or that required to operate machinery.
   [1913 Webster]

   Note: It usually embodies a spring to be compressed or weight
         to be sustained by the force applied, combined with an
         index, or automatic recorder, to show the work
         performed. Dynamometric
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