Sclerometer

2 definitions found

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

  Sclerometer \Scle*rom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. sklhro`s hard + -meter.]
     An instrument for determining with accuracy the degree of
     hardness of a mineral.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  sclerometer
       n : a measuring instrument that measures the hardness of
           materials by penetrating them with a stylus that has a
           diamond point