tensimeter
English
Noun
tensimeter (plural tensimeters)
- A form of manometer used to measure differences in vapour pressure.
Indonesian
Etymology
Internationalism
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /tɛnsiˈmetər/ [t̪ɛn.siˈme.t̪ər]
- Rhymes: -etər
- Syllabification: ten‧si‧me‧ter
Noun
tensimeter (plural tensimeter-tensimeter)
- tensimeter (a form of manometer used to measure differences in vapour pressure)
- (healthcare) sphygmomanometer, sphygmometer, blood pressure meter (a device used to measure blood pressure)
Descendants
- → Tetum: tensimeter
Further reading
- “tensimeter”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Tetum
Etymology
Borrowed from Indonesian tensimeter (“tensimeter; sphygmomanometer”).
Noun
tensimeter
- (healthcare) sphygmomanometer
- Synonym: esfigu
Further reading
- Catharina Williams-van Klinken (2023), GLOSARIU termu saude ho mediku (Tetun/Ingles) [Tetun/English glossary of health and medical terms] (in Tetum), Dili: Dili Institute of Technology