List of measuring devices

The applied here list of instruments are sorted by metrics and results associated gauges on. As far as the measurement of individual variables is summarized in separate articles therein named instruments here should not be listed again.

A

  • Breath alcohol breathalyzer

B

  • Illumination with light meter, photo cell light meter, spot meter
  • Acceleration with Accelerometer
  • Irradiance Radiometer
  • Hours a device with operating hours counter
  • Reactive power reactive power meter
  • Blood pressure in humans with blood pressure gauge
  • Blood glucose with blood glucose meter
  • Soil moisture with tensiometers

D

  • Strain with Strain Gages
  • Density of liquids with hydrometer
  • Speed ​​of a shaft see speed measurement, tachometer
  • Pressure with pressure gauge, pressure sensor
  • Pressure ( differential pressure) of the differential pressure sensor, Ringbalance
  • Pressure ( in medicine ) with sphygmomanometer, tonometer
  • Flow with flow meter

E

  • Energy (electrical) energy meter
  • Distance, see distance measurement, Tachymeter (geodesy )

F

  • See moisture humidity sensor
  • Frequency of an AC voltage with frequency meter
  • Routes very small birds during migration are pursued by a Helldunkelgeolokators.

G

  • Speed, see speed measurement
  • Weight → mass, strength

B

  • Heart activity ( in medicine ) with electrocardiogram ( ECG)
  • Heart rate with pulse oximeter
  • Altitude (above sea level) see altimetry
  • Height (water level ) with level meter
  • Height difference with Tangentometer

I

  • Inductance with AC bridge
  • Insulation resistance with insulation tester

K

  • Capacity (electrical) with AC bridge
  • Carbon dioxide content in exhaled air with Capnometer
  • Concentration (gas) gas sensor, gas detector
  • Body temperature, especially of people with clinical thermometer
  • Force (pressure and train ) see force measurement, load cell

L

  • Length with a final dimension, folding rule (also ruler, scale ), odometer, ruler, odometer, tape measure, ruler, caliper, micrometer, meter stick, pedometer (step counter), caliper (forestry ), fine pointer, Dividers
  • Power ( electrical, mechanical, radiation ) with power meter
  • Light spectrum spectroscope, spectrometer, optical spectrometer
  • Perpendicular direction with solder, water balance
  • Air pressure of the atmosphere at the measurement location with barometer, barograph
  • Humidity with hygrometer, Hygrograph, psychrometer

M

  • Magnetic field with a magnetometer
  • Mass balance
  • Mass of atoms or molecules with mass spectrometer
  • Mass flow ( in -flowed line ) with Coriolis mass flowmeter

N

  • Rainfall with rain gauges, rain gauge

P

  • Period with counter

R

S

  • Oxygen content of the blood with a pulse oximeter
  • Skew angle measurement see # tilt measurement
  • Seismic waves seismograph
  • Sunshine hours with sunshine Autograph
  • Gap with a feeler gauge
  • Voltage (electrical) with voltmeter, oscilloscope
  • Voltage ( mechanical ) with strain gauges
  • Spectrum ( frequency distribution) (optical) with spectroscope, spectrometer, optical spectrometer; (electromagnetic and acoustic) with spectrum analyzer
  • Dynamic pressure with Prandtlsonde
  • Radiation ( ionizing received ) with dosimeter Geiger counter or Geiger-Müller counter
  • Scattering parameters with network analyzer
  • Amperage (electrical) power meter

T

  • Temperature with a thermometer, oven thermometer, meat thermometer, fever thermometer
  • Temperature (without contact ) with infrared thermometers, pyrometers
  • Temperature ( electrically ) with thermocouple, resistance thermometer
  • Temperature change ( differential measurement ) with Beckmann thermometer
  • Depth ( river or sea bass) with sonar, depth gauge

V

  • Viscosity (thickness ) with viscometer
  • Volume with volume meter, volume measurement
  • Volume flow ( in -flowed line ) with oval gear flow meter, turbine meter, water meter

W

  • Amount of heat with calorimeter
  • Water absorption ( water permeability ) with Wassereindringprüfer
  • Wave interference with interferometer
  • Wavelength ( in microwave ) with shaft diameter
  • Resistance ( electrical, resistive ) with ohmmeter
  • Resistance ( AC resistance ) with AC bridge
  • Resistance change ( differential measurement ) with Wheatstone bridge
  • Wind speed anemometer
  • Wind direction with wind vane
  • Angle see angle measurement goniometer
  • Active power with active power meter
  • Cloud ceiling with clouds altimeter

Z

  • Time (the current ) with clock
  • Time (elapsed ) with stopwatch
Blood sugar Tensiometer (soil science) Strain (materials science) Bird migration Geolocator Velocity Speed sensor Electrocardiography Breathing Wattmeter Mass flow meter Sunshine recorder Network analyzer (electrical) Beckmann-Thermometer Echo sounding List of types of interferometers
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