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Definition of "pressure gauge" []

  • A device for measuring the pressure of a gas or liquid. (noun)
  • A device for measuring the pressure of explosions. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "pressure gauge" in a sentence
  • "An approaching low pressure system in the atmosphere would make the “glass fall,” i.e, the barometric pressure gauge a column of mercury in a thin glass tube dip to a low level, appropriately marked on the barometer’s face as “stormy weather.”"
  • "It was a cylinder about thirty inches long and six in diameter with brass stopcock and mounted pressure gauge registering "Full," close beside it was a package about eighteen inches square and four thick stenciled with the words "Radio Sonde Balloons.""
  • "He checked his trimix pressure gauge and saw the dial hovering at zero."