serimeter

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French sérimètre.

Noun

serimeter (plural serimeters)

  1. A device used for testing the strength of thread or yarn, especially of silk.
    • 1883, United States Bureau of Entomology, “Physical properties of reeled silk”, in Bulletin‎, number 9, page 54:
      The elasticity and the tenacity of raw silk are determined by the use of the serimeter.
    • 1922, The American Silk Journal, volume 41, page 70:
      The serimeters (Fig. 7) are of both the Henry Baer and Milan Conditioning House type and are mounted in a laboratory having humidity control.
    • 1955, Industrial Quality Control, volume 11, page 16:
      A serimeter is a machine used for breaking yarn in order to determine its strength and elongation.

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