Definition of Biometer

1. Noun. (biology) A device that is used to detect the presence of life by detecting and measuring minute amounts of evolved carbon dioxide ¹

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Definition of Biometer

1. a device for measuring carbon dioxide given off by living matter [n -S]

Medical Definition of Biometer

1. A device which is used to measure the tiny amounts of carbon dioxide that functioning tissues give off. (21 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Biometer

biomedical cloning
biomedical engineering
biomedical model
biomedical science
biomedically
biomedicals
biomedicine
biomedicines
biomelanin
biomembrane
biomembranes
biomes
biometal
biometals
biometeorology
biometer (current term)
biometers
biomethylation
biomethylations
biometric
biometric authentication
biometric identification
biometrical
biometrical genetics
biometrical school
biometrically
biometrician
biometricians
biometrics

Literary usage of Biometer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Chemical Sign of Life by Shiro Tashiro (1917)
"APPENDIX THE biometer: HOW TO USE IT The study of carbon dioxide has been so ... The biometer is constructed with a view to meeting these difficulties and ..."

2. The Elements of Vital Statistics by Arthur Newsholme (1889)
"Dr. Farr'g biometer.—Data lor Life Table.—Method of Construction of Life Table.—Shorter Method of Dr. Farr.—Mr. Noel Humphrey's Method. ..."

3. Carbon Dioxide Production from Nerve Fibres when Resting and when Stimulated by Shiro Tashiro (1912)
"The apparatus (biometer) shown in Fig. 2, although it appears complex, ... biometer, one-third actual size. The shaded portions of the apparatus indicate ..."

4. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1918)
"B. The biometer Method. The findings as to carbon dioxide production by the colorimetrie method are further confirmed by the results of experiments with ..."

5. Future Life in the Light of Ancient Wisdom and Modern Science by Louis Lucien Baclé (1906)
"The essential portion of the biometer is an annealed copper needle which is held horizontal by a fine untwisted silk thread attached to the middle. ..."

6. Practitioner's medical dictionary by George Milbry Gould (1910)
"The biometer (bi-om'-et-er) [bio-; ... Biometry (bi-om'-el-re) [see biometer} measurement; the estimation of the prob- ..."

7. New Concepts in Diagnosis and Treatment: Physico-clinical Medicine, the by Albert Abrams (1922)
"If the energy is primarily allowed to pass through the biometer, the pulse change may be noted either at zero on the scale of the condenser (showing only ..."

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