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McLeod gauge
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English
Alternative forms
en McLeod gage USA
Etymology
Invented in 1874 by Herbert McLeod.
Noun
en physics a device, rather like a manometer, used to measure low pressures close to that of a vacuum, by using an application of Boyle's law
See also
en sticky vacuum
Further reading
en eponyms