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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread piezometer #85752 11/05/2002 5:51 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Antoher spelling bee word. piezometer "piezo-" is a root meaning pressure. One very important word is "piezoelectric". My marvelously accurate watch has as its heart a tiny quartz crystal in an oscillator circuit which has a truly remarkably constant frequency of vibration. Divider circuits reduce frequency to one beat per second, and the rest is obvious. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: piezometer #85753 11/05/2002 6:05 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park i have uses a piezometer-- a very simple one. in xerox machines, (specifically the 1048 copier, which made 2 sided copies) sheets that had been copied once tended to not lie flat, (they had a residual electrial charge) to correctly position and feed them for side 2, they were pulled into position by a vacuum motor. you needed to be able to test and adjust if need, the vacuum, and used a piezometer to do so... it measured the air pressure! (to little, the paper tended to curl and feed crooked, to much, and it could jam) hi musick and satin! my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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