Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An instrument for measuring the degree and nature of respiration.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An instrument which is used to determine the condition of the respiration.
- noun An apparatus for supplying air to a diver under water by means of a supply of compressed oxygen, which is caused to combine in due proportion with nitrogen chemically filtered from the air expired from his lungs in breathing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A device used to measure the
rate ofrespiration ofplants
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Examples
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This quantity of fuel can be measured directly by a respirometer, a device that measures the rate at which oxygen is combined with food to produce carbon dioxide and work.
Net energy analysis 2008
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To get back to my thesis research, the pieces of equipment that I have been using in the research are fairly standard in physiological research: a Beckman spectrophotometer, a Coleman photometer, a van Slyke amino nitrogen apparatus, a Warburg respirometer, pH meters, Kjeldahls,
On Handling the Data M. I. Mayfield
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Photo of blue crab being monitored for metabolism using a respirometer, courtesy of Louis and Karen Burnett.
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A device used to measure the rate of respiration of a living organism by measuring its rate of exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide. They allow investigation into how factors such as age or the effect of light affect the rate of respiration. (Wikipedia)
May 29, 2008