rheogoniometer

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ser-?

Proto-Indo-European *srew-

Proto-Indo-European *sréweti

Proto-Hellenic *hréwō

Ancient Greek ῥέω (rhéō)

English rheo-

Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu

Proto-Hellenic *gónu

Ancient Greek γόνῠ (gónŭ)der.

Ancient Greek γωνίᾱ (gōníā)der.

English gonio-

Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Hellenic *-tron

Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron)

Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)der.

English -meter

English goniometer

English rheogoniometer

From rheo- + goniometer.

Noun

rheogoniometer (plural rheogoniometers)

1. A type of rheometer that can be used to measure the viscous and elastic flow properties of a fluid, commonly called a Weissenberg Rheogoniometer.

Related terms

• rheogoniometric
• rheogoniometry

References

• K. Walters Rheometry (1975) →ISBN
• British Standards Institute (1975) Glossary of rheological terms BS 5168