tonometry

to·nom·e·ter  (t-nm-tr)

n.

1. Any of various instruments for measuring pressure or tension.

2. An instrument for measuring hydrostatic pressure within the eyeball, used to detect glaucoma.

3. Music An instrument, such as a graduated set of tuning forks, used to determine the pitch or vibration rate of tones.

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[Greek tonos, tension; see tone + -meter.]

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tono·metric (tn-mtrk) adj.

to·nome·try n.

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tonometry

the art or science of measuring tones, especially with a tonometer. — tonometrist, n. — tonometric, adj.

See also: Tuning

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

tonometry - the measurement of intraocular pressure by determining the amount of force needed to make a slight indentation in the cornea measurement, measuring, mensuration, measure - the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule; "the measurements were carefully done"; "his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate"