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| Instrument | Quantity Measured |
| Accelerometer | physical acceleration |
| Actinometer | heating power of sunlight |
| Alcholmeter | alcoholic strength of liquids |
| Altimeter | altitudes |
| Ammeter | electric current |
| Anemometer | windspeed |
| Audimeter | hearing |
| Barkometer | tanning liquors used in tanning leather |
| Barometer | air pressure |
| Bevameter | mechanical properties of soil |
| Bolometer | electromagnetic radiation |
| Brannok Device | measuring shoe size |
| Breathalyzer | breath alcohol content |
| Caliper | distance |
| Calorimeter | heat of chemical reactions |
| Cathetometer | vertical distances |
| Ceilometer | height of a cloud base |
| Chronometer or Clock | time |
| Clap-o-meter | volume of applause |
| Compass | direction of North |
| Colorimeter | color |
| Creepmeter | slow surface displacement of an active geologic fault in the earth |
| Declinometer | magnetic declination |
| Densimeter | specific gravity of liquids |
| Densitometer | degree of darkness in photographic or semitransparent material |
| Diffractometer | structure of crystals |
| Dialtometer | volume changes caused by a physical or chemical process |
| Disdrometer | size, speed, and velocity of raindrops |
| Dosimeter | exposure to hazards, especially radiation; radiation of item |
| Dynamometer | force, torque or power |
| Electricity Meter | electrical energy used |
| Electrometer | electric charge |
| Electronic Tuner | pitch of musical notes |
| Ellipsometer | refractive index, dielectric function, thickness of thin films |
| Eudiometer | change in volume of a gas mixture following combustion |
| Evaporimeter | rate of evaporation |
| Fathometer | ocean depth |
| Framing Square | right angles in construction |
| Frequency Counter | Frequency Of Alternating Current |
| Fuel Gauge | fuel levels |
| Galvanometer | electricity |
| Gas Pycnometer | volume and density of solids |
| Geiger Counter | ionizing radiation (alpha, beta, gamma, etc.) |
| Glucometer | blood glucose (diabetes) |
| Graphometer | angles |
| Heliometer | variation of the sun’s diameter |
| Hydrometer | specific gravity of liquids (density of liquids) |
| Hygrometer | humidity |
| Inclinometer | angle of a slope |
| Inkometer | ink |
| Interferometer | wave interference |
| Infrared Thermometer | Measures heat radiated |
| Katharometer | composition of gases |
| Lactometer | specific gravity of milk |
| Light meter | light (in photography) |
| Load Cell | measurement of force |
| Lux meter | intensity of light |
| Magnetometer | strength of magnetic fields |
| Manometer | pressure of gas |
| Mass flow meter | mass flow rate of a fluid travelling through a tube |
| Mass Spectrometer | masses of ions, used to identify chemical substances through their mass spectra |
| Measuring Spoon | a spoon used to measure an amount of an ingredient, either liquid or dry |
| Megger | electrical insulation |
| Mercury Barometer | Atmospheric pressure |
| Micrometer | small distances |
| Multimeter | electrical potential, resistance, and current |
| Nephoscope | to measure the speed and direction of clouds |
| Nephelometer | particle in a liquid |
| Odometer | distance travelled |
| Ohmmeter | electrical resistance |
| Orchidometer | testicle size in male humans |
| Oscilloscope | oscillations |
| Osmometer | osmotic strength of a solution, colloid, or compound matter of an object |
| Parking Meter | collects moneys for vehicle parking rights in a zone for a limited time |
| Pedometer | steps |
| PH meter | pHÂ (chemical acidity/basicity of a solution) |
| Photometer | illuminance or irradiance |
| Planometer | area |
| Polarimeter | rotation of polarized light |
| Potentiometer | voltage (term is also used to refer to a variable resistor) |
| Profilometer | surface roughness |
| Protractor | angles |
| Psychrometer | humidity |
| Pycnometer | fluid density |
| Pyranometer | solar radiation |
| Pyrheliometer | direct solar insolation |
| Pyrometer | high temperatures |
| Quadrat | percentage cover of a certain species |
| Rain Gauge | measuring of rain |
| Radiometer | radiant flux of electromagnetic radiation |
| Rheometer | response to applied forces |
| Rotameter | pressure of a liquid or gas in a closed tube |
| Saccharometer | amount of sugar in a solution |
| Seismometer | seismic waves (for example, earthquakes) |
| Sextant | location on earth’s surface (used in naval navigation) |
| Spectrometer | properties of light |
| Spectrophotometer | intensity of light as a function of wavelength |
| Speedometer | speed, velocity of a vehicle |
| Spirometer | the lung capacity |
| Spherometer | radius of a sphere |
| Sphygmomanometer | blood pressure |
| Stadimeter | object range |
| Strainmeter | seismic strain |
| SWR mter | standing wave ratio |
| Tacheometer | distance |
| Tachometer | revolutions per minute, rate of blood flow, speed of aeroplanes |
| Taximeter | distance travelled, displacement |
| Tensiometer | surface tension of a liquid |
| Theodolite | measuring angles in the horizontal and vertical planes |
| Thermometer | temperature |
| Tiltmeter | minor changes to the Earth |
| Tintometer | colour |
| Vacuum Gauge | very low pressure |
| Viscometer | viscosity of a fluid |
| Voltmeter | electric potential, voltage |
| Watt Meter | electrical power |
| Wind Vane | wind direction |
| Zymometer | fermentation |
