pressure gauge

noun

: a gauge for indicating fluid pressure

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The dial pressure gauge sports an electronic screen instead of the stick or dial. — Stuart Dyos, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025 Resembling a blood pressure cuff, the dial pressure is easier to read than the stick pressure gauge. — Stuart Dyos, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Oct. 2025 This is true especially among machines with a pressure gauge and a fast-heating thermopump. — Simon Hill, Wired News, 12 July 2025 Among them are components necessary to ships' functions, like steering wheels, pressure gauges and a steam engine oil injector. — Angelika Ytuarte, jsonline.com, 11 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pressure gauge

Word History

First Known Use

1862, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of pressure gauge was in 1862

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“Pressure gauge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pressure%20gauge. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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