peirameter
nounEtymology From Ancient Greek πεῖρα (peîra, “a trial”) + -meter.
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Dated A dynamometer for measuring the force required to draw wheel carriages on roads of different constructions.
- if, then, the peirameter be drawn forward, the carriage which moves the easiest will get before the other1816, R. B. Bryan, Thomas Brown, F. Fox, “Report […] on the Experiments upon Wheel-carriages […] ”, in Philosophical Magazine:
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- peirastic