serimeter

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French sérimètre.

Noun

serimeter (plural serimeters)

1. A device used for testing the strength of thread or yarn, especially of silk.
   • 1883, United States Bureau of Entomology, “Physical properties of reeled silk”, in Bulletin‎^[1], number 9, page 54:

     The elasticity and the tenacity of raw silk are determined by the use of the serimeter.

   • 1922, The American Silk Journal, volume 41, page 70:

     The serimeters (Fig. 7) are of both the Henry Baer and Milan Conditioning House type and are mounted in a laboratory having humidity control.

   • 1955, Industrial Quality Control, volume 11, page 16:

     A serimeter is a machine used for breaking yarn in order to determine its strength and elongation.

Synonyms

• serigraph