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Taximeter vs Tasimeter - What's the difference?

taximeter | tasimeter |

As nouns the difference between taximeter and tasimeter

is that taximeter is a device installed in a taxicab that calculates the fare based upon distance travelled and waiting time while tasimeter is an instrument for detecting or measuring minute extension or movements of solid bodies it consists of a small rod or disk of carbon forming part of an electrical circuit, whose resistance (varied by the changes of pressure produced by the movements of the object to be measured) causes variations in the strength of the current, which are indicated by a sensitive galvanometer.

taximeter

Noun

(en noun)
  • A device installed in a taxicab that calculates the fare based upon distance travelled and waiting time.
  • Descendants

    * taxi

    Anagrams

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    tasimeter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instrument for detecting or measuring minute extension or movements of solid bodies. It consists of a small rod or disk of carbon forming part of an electrical circuit, whose resistance (varied by the changes of pressure produced by the movements of the object to be measured) causes variations in the strength of the current, which are indicated by a sensitive galvanometer.
  • * 2007 , Martin Woodside, Thomas Alva Edison
  • The eclipse offered the opportunity to test the tasimeter , and Edison promptly headed west for the July 29 event.

    Derived terms

    * microtasimeter (Webster 1913)