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plural gasometers
(chemistry, historical) An apparatus used to store or measure gas or the flow of gas, particularly in a laboratory setting. quotations
The collected air was metered through a gasometer, and the composition of every gas sample was analyzed in duplicate […]
2012, Holger Ursin, Psychobiology of Stress: A Study of Coping Men, page 85
A large tank or reservoir for storing gas; a gasholder. quotations examples
The attack on the gasworks was probably the most risky, as none of the rebels had any idea of just what kind of blast an exploding gasometer might produce […]
1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books, published 2006, page 93