Meaning of slidometer | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An instrument for indicating and recording shocks to railway cars caused by sudden stopping.
2. A device for measuring the movement of a glacier.

Examples

“The average shocks for the four stops were, by one slidometer, four-tenths of an inch and, by the other slidometer, five-tenths of an inch.”

“The ordinary slidometer results are misleading for the reason⟳ that the sliding mass in the testing instrument is not restricted to the path of the car .”

“A dynamometer car and a slidometer were used for the purpose of obtaining records of shocks from buffs and jerks .”

“A. Slidometer used to measure⟳ basal sliding rate.”

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