·noun 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.
An instrument for measuring the amount of force, and used for indicating the thrust or force of a sc...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun An instrument for measuring the strength of electro-dynamic currents. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·add. ·- An electric dynamometer having two coils so arranged that one carries the primary current, ...
·add. ·- A dynamometer in which power is measured, without being absorbed or used up, during transmi...