gyroscopic mass flowmeter

gyroscopic mass flowmeter

[‚jī·rə′skäp·ik ¦mas ′flō‚mēd·ər]

(engineering)

An instrument in which the torque on a rotating pipe of suitable shape, through which a fluid is made to flow, is measured to determine the mass flow through the pipe.

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