Dynameter

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dynameter \Dy*nam"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? power + -meter: cf. F.
     dynam[`e]tre. Cf. {Dynamometer}.]
     1. A dynamometer.
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     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.
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