displacer-type meter

displacer-type meter

[di′splās·ər ‚tīp ‚mēd·ər]

(engineering)

Apparatus to detect liquid level or gas density by measuring the effect of the fluid (gas or liquid) on the buoyancy of a displacer unit immersed within the fluid.

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