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Rheometer vs Viscometer - What's the difference?

rheometer | viscometer |

As nouns the difference between rheometer and viscometer

is that rheometer is a device used to measure the flow properties of fluids with variable viscosity while viscometer is (physics) an instrument used to measure the viscosity of a liquid.

rheometer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A device used to measure the flow properties of fluids with variable viscosity.
  • (obsolete) A device used to measure the flow of electric current: an ammeter.
  • A flowmeter, especially for water or blood.

    • Related terms

    * rheogoniometer * rheology * rheometric * rheometry

    References

    * Oxford English Dictionary * K. Walters (1975) Rheometry ISBN 0412 12090 9 * Charles Wheatstone (1843) Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society vol 133 page 307 * Julius Ludwig Weisbach (1848) Principles of the Mechanics of Machinery and Engineering page 465 * A. P. Brubaker & L.Landois (1905) A Textbook of Physiology page 172

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    viscometer

    English

    (wikipedia viscometer)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (physics) An instrument used to measure the viscosity of a liquid.

    • Synonyms

    * viscosimeter

    Related terms

    * viscometric * viscometry