Water and Wastewater Terms Beginning M

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manometer (man-NAH-mut-ter)

An instrument for measuring pressure. Usually, a manometer is a glass tube filled with a liquid that is used to measure the difference in pressure across a flow-measuring device, such as an orifice or a Venturi meter. The instrument used to measure blood pressure is a type of manometer.