spring-loaded meter

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spring-loaded meter [′spriŋ ¦lōd·əd ′mēd·ər]

(engineering)

A variable-area flowmeter in which the force on an obstruction in a tapered tube created by the fluid flowing past the obstruction is balanced by the force of a spring to which the obstruction is attached, and the resulting differential pressure is used to determine the flow rate.

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