'Dynameter' definitions:

Definition of 'Dynameter'

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Dynameter \Dy*nam"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? power + -meter: cf. F. dynam[`e]tre. Cf. Dynamometer.]
1. A dynamometer. [1913 Webster]
2. (Opt.) An instrument for determining the magnifying power of telescopes, consisting usually of a doubleimage micrometer applied to the eye end of a telescope for measuring accurately the diameter of the image of the object glass there formed; which measurement, compared with the actual diameter of the glass, gives the magnifying power. [1913 Webster]