Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pear gauge

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.36 in modern English

Syllables: pear -gauge
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of gauge for measuring the exhaustion (creation of a vacuum) of an air pump receiver (airtight vessel from which air is pumped in order to form a vacuum).

Etymology

So called by its inventor, John Smeaton, in the mid-18th century, because it consisted in part of a pear-shaped glass vessel.

Inflected Forms

pear gauges (plural)

Questions

What does pear gauge mean?: A kind of gauge for measuring the exhaustion (creation of a vacuum) of an air pump receiver (airtight vessel from which air is pumped in order to form a vacuum).
Where does pear gauge come from?: So called by its inventor, John Smeaton, in the mid-18th century, because it consisted in part of a pear-shaped glass vessel.

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