- auxanometer
- instrument for measuring growth of plants
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auxanometer
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Auxanometer — Aux a*nom e*ter, n. [Gr. ? to cause to increase + meter.] An instrument to measure the growth of plants. Goodale. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Auxanometer — s. 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… … Wikipedia
Auxanometer — Au|xa|no|me|ter 〈n. 13; Bot.〉 Messgerät für das Pflanzenwachstum [<grch. auxanein „vermehren“ + metron „Maß“] … Universal-Lexikon
Auxanometer — Au|xa|no|me|ter 〈n.; Gen.: s, Pl.: ; Bot.〉 Messgerät für das Pflanzenwachstum [Etym.: <grch. auxanein »vermehren« + …meter] … Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch
Auxanometer — Au|xa|no|me|ter das; s, <zu 1↑...meter> Messgerät für das Pflanzenwachstum … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
auxanometer — aux·a·nom·e·ter … English syllables
auxanometer — /ɔksəˈnɒmətə/ (say awksuh nomuhtuh) noun an instrument which measures the growth of plants. {auxano (from Greek auxanein increase) + meter1} …
auxanometer — n. instrument measuring rate of growth of plants … Dictionary of difficult words
auxanometer — n. an instrument for measuring the linear growth of plants. Etymology: Gk auxano increase + METER … Useful english dictionary
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