Get to know Gravimeter better with 7 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like hydrometer.
Gravimeter meaning
- An instrument used to measure local variations in the gravitational field.
- A hydrometer.
Synonyms of Gravimeter
Using Gravimeter
- The main meaning on this page is: An instrument used to measure local variations in the gravitational field. | A hydrometer.
- Useful related words include: measuring instrument, measuring system, measuring device, hydrometer.
- In the example corpus, gravimeter often appears in combinations such as: gravimeter measurements.
Context around Gravimeter
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gravimeter
- In this selection, "gravimeter" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, spring, traverse, nine, measurements, invented and pendulums stand out and add context to how "gravimeter" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include houses a gravimeter which measures and length spring gravimeter invented in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gravimeter" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gravimeter
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They collected convert of samples, deployed three more explosive packages and took seven gravimeter measurements. (15 words)
The doghouse-like structure (foreground) houses a gravimeter, which measures changes in subsurface mass over time. (16 words)
Relative pendulum gravimeters were superseded by the simpler LaCoste zero-length spring gravimeter, invented in 1934 by Lucien LaCoste. (19 words)
The third moonwalk, the last of the Apollo program, began at 5:26 pm EST on December 13. During this excursion, the crew collected convert of lunar samples and took nine gravimeter measurements. (33 words)
The gravimeter was used to obtain readings at the landing site in the immediate vicinity of the Lunar Module (LM), as well as various locations on the mission's traverse routes. (31 words)
The difference between clock pendulums and gravimeter pendulums is that to measure gravity, the pendulum's length as well as its period has to be measured. (26 words)
Example sentences (7)
The doghouse-like structure (foreground) houses a gravimeter, which measures changes in subsurface mass over time.
Relative pendulum gravimeters were superseded by the simpler LaCoste zero-length spring gravimeter, invented in 1934 by Lucien LaCoste.
The Apollo 17 LRV was also used to carry experiments unique to the mission, such as the Traverse Gravimeter and Surface Electrical Properties experiment.
The difference between clock pendulums and gravimeter pendulums is that to measure gravity, the pendulum's length as well as its period has to be measured.
The gravimeter was used to obtain readings at the landing site in the immediate vicinity of the Lunar Module (LM), as well as various locations on the mission's traverse routes.
The third moonwalk, the last of the Apollo program, began at 5:26 pm EST on December 13. During this excursion, the crew collected convert of lunar samples and took nine gravimeter measurements.
They collected convert of samples, deployed three more explosive packages and took seven gravimeter measurements.
Common combinations with gravimeter
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: