Webster's Online Dictionary
with Multilingual Thesaurus Translation

 
Earth's largest dictionary with more than 1226 modern languages and Eve!

Definition: AUXANOMETER

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. An instrument to measure the growth of plants.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Top

Date "Auxanometer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Auxanometer \Aux`a*nom"e*ter\, noun. [Greek expression to cause to increase -meter.]. (references)


Extended Definition: AUXANOMETER

Auxanometer

Auxanometer (Gr."auxain"- "to grow" + metron, "measure") , an apparatus for measuring increase or rate of growth in plants. It automatically detects and measures plant growth and stores the information in a data logger.

In case of an arc-auxanometer(see picture), there is a wire fixed with the plant apex on one end and a dead-weight on the other. It passes over a pulley which had a pointer attached to it. When there is increase in height of the plant, the pulley rotates and the pointer moves on a circular scale to directly give the magnitude of growth.

References

  • This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Auxanometer". Image Credit.
 bookmark   email   print   tweet   facebook  



Topics by Level of Interest: AUXANOMETER

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Auxanometer 3     Auxanometer 3

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).