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PRONUNCIATION OF TILTMETER

tiltmeter  [ˈtɪltˌmiːtə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TILTMETER

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Tiltmeter is a noun.
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WHAT DOES TILTMETER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

tiltmeter

Tiltmeter

A tiltmeter is an instrument designed to measure very small changes from the vertical level, either on the ground or in structures. A similar term, in less common usage, is the inclinometer. Tiltmeters are used extensively for monitoring volcanoes, the response of dams to filling, the small movements of potential landslides, the orientation and volume of hydraulic fractures, and the response of structures to various influences such as loading and foundation settlement. Tiltmeters may be purely mechanical or incorporate vibrating-wire or electrolytic sensors for electronic measurement. A sensitive instrument can detect changes of as little as one arc second. Tiltmeters have a long history, somewhat parallel to the history of the seismometer. The very first tiltmeter was a long-length stationary pendulum. These were used in the very first large concrete dams, and are still in use today, augmented with newer technology such as laser reflectors. Although they had been used for other applications such as volcano monitoring, they have distinct disadvantages, such as their huge length and sensitivity to air currents.

Definition of tiltmeter in the English dictionary

The definition of tiltmeter in the dictionary is an instrument for measuring the tilt of the earth's surface.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TILTMETER


ammeter
ˈæmˌmiːtə
autometer
ˈɔːtəʊˌmiːtə
centimetre
ˈsɛntɪˌmiːtə
decimeter
ˈdɛsɪˌmiːtə
dekameter
ˈdɛkəˌmiːtə
flowmeter
ˈfləʊˌmiːtə
hectometer
ˈhɛktəʊˌmiːtə
luxmeter
ˈlʌksˌmiːtə
micrometre
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌmiːtə
millimetre
ˈmɪlɪˌmiːtə
multimeter
ˈmʌltɪˌmiːtə
nanometer
ˈnænəʊˌmiːtə
nanometre
ˈnænəʊˌmiːtə
ohmmeter
ˈəʊmˌmiːtə
picometre
ˈpiːkəʊˌmiːtə
ratemeter
ˈreɪtˌmiːtə
Rotameter
ˈrəʊtəˌmiːtə
submillimeter
sʌbˈmɪlɪˌmiːtə
voltmeter
ˈvəʊltˌmiːtə
wattmeter
ˈwɒtˌmiːtə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TILTMETER

tiller
tillerless
tillerman
Tilley
Tillich
tillicum
tilling
tillite
Tilly
Tilsit
tilt
tilt hammer
tilt-top table
tiltable
tilted
tilter
tilth
tilting train
tiltrotor
tiltyard

WORDS THAT END LIKE TILTMETER

accelerometer
barometer
centimeter
Demeter
diameter
diffractometer
dosimeter
hydrometer
meter
micrometer
millimeter
odometer
parameter
perimeter
peter
potentiometer
spectrometer
spectrophotometer
speedometer
tachometer
thermometer

Synonyms and antonyms of tiltmeter in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tiltmeter» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TILTMETER

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The translations of tiltmeter from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tiltmeter» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

测斜仪
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tiltmeter
570 millions of speakers

English

tiltmeter
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

tiltmeter
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

tiltmeter
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

наклономер
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tiltmeter
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

tiltmeter
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

inclinomètre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tiltmeter
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Neigungsmesser
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

傾斜計
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

경사계
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tiltmeter
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Tiltmeter
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

tiltmeter
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टिल्ट मीटर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Eğim ölçer
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

clinometro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tiltmeter
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Нахиломіри
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tiltmeter
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

tiltmeter
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tiltmeter
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tiltmeter
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

helningsmåler
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tiltmeter

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TILTMETER»

The term «tiltmeter» is normally little used and occupies the 144.156 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TILTMETER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tiltmeter

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TILTMETER»

Discover the use of tiltmeter in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tiltmeter and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Popular Science
Tiltmeter from which light is reflected to warn of an earthquake A MACHINE that may solve the problem of predicting earthquakes in time to warn persons in affected areas of their peril has just been invented by George E. Merritt, of the Bureau ...
2
The Forecasting of Volcanic Eruptions
Tiltmeter. As the magma reservoir becomes inflated, the ground around it cracks to accommodate its increasing volume. Many small earthquakes occur in the area surrounding the magma as the rocks break. As the surface of the volcano ...
R. B. Trombley, 2006
3
Geological Survey Professional Paper
A record of the initial deflation and subsequent reinflation of the summit reservoir was obtained by the liquid- level tiltmeter at Uwekahuna. A good record of episodic eastward tilting during the eruptive stage and westward tilting during the  ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1987
4
Dynamics of Bridges, Volume 5: Proceedings of the 28th IMAC, ...
Damage Identification for Case 1 (Rusted Rollers on Left Support) A closer look at Figure 12(damage case 1) shows that the tiltmeter 2 (close to the central support) presents more variation than the one located at the vicinity of the left support, ...
Tom Proulx, 2011
5
Guidelines for Instrumentation and Measurements for ...
This effect may be mistaken for temperature instability of the tiltmeter itself ( Holzhausen 1997). A rough estimate of the magnitude of thermoelastic strain and tilt can be made by multiplying the temperature change by the coefficient of thermal ...
American Society of Civil Engineers
6
Heavy Oils: Reservoir Characterization and Production Monitoring
The heart of the tiltmeter is a glass tube containing an air bubble in a conductive liquid, and when the bubble moves the electrical resistance changes (see SEG's Encyclopedic Dictionary of Applied Geophysics for further description).
Satinder Chopra, 2010
7
Dynamic Planet: Monitoring and Understanding a Dynamic ...
2 Instruments and Data The locations of the tiltmeter stations are centred around KTB at distances of 1.6 to 3.2 km. The depths of the instruments range between 24.5 and 45.5 m depending on the thickness of the sediment cover, which usually  ...
Paul Tregoning, Chris Rizos, 2008
8
Geological Survey Professional Paper
In addition, Kilauea Volcano had been monitored seis- mically for several years before 1959; also, summit deformation before and during the eruption was monitored using the tiltmeter network established in 1957. Descriptions of the ...
9
Geotechnical Instrumentation for Monitoring Field Performance
A measurement is made by placing the tiltmeter in an exactly reproducible position on a reference plate, taking a reading, turning the tiltmeter 180 degrees, and again taking a reading. This method allows use of the check-sum procedure  ...
John Dunnicliff, 1993
10
The Eruption of Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat from ...
Since August 1997, when the original tiltmeter network was destroyed by explosive activity, various attempts have been made to deploy tiltmeters around SHV, including the installation of four borehole instruments as part of the CALIPSO ...
G. Wadge, R.E.A. Robertson, B. Voight, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TILTMETER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tiltmeter is used in the context of the following news items.
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Kilauea Summit Update - 7/29/15
Only slight fluctuations in Kilauea summit tiltmeters was reported by Hawaiian Volcano Observatory on Wednesday as the summit's deflationary tilt that began ... «Big Island Now, Jul 15»
2
Kilauea Summit Update - 7/14/15
The event, which began on July 12, switched at about 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, when the Uwekehuna tiltmeter showed an increase of two-and-a-half micrordians of ... «Big Island Now, Jul 15»
3
Kilauea Summit Update - 7/8/15
Monday's inflationary tilt recorded on tiltmeters at the summit of Kilauea ... According to HVO officials, the tiltmeter at Uwekahuna vault has recorded a net ... «Big Island Now, Jul 15»
4
Alat Baru Pantau Aktivitas Vulkanik Gunung Raung Dipasang
CO , Banyuwangi: Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi (PVMBG) memasang satu unit tiltmeter untuk memantau aktivitas vulkanik Gunung Raung. «Tempo.co, Jul 15»
5
Kilauea Summit Update - 5/26/15
HVO reports that the tiltmeter network at the summit has recorded consistent levels of minor deflationary tilt since May 24. All of the stations began to record the ... «Big Island Now, May 15»
6
Kilauea Summit Update - 5/21/15
HVO has reported that the tiltmeter at Puʻu ʻŌʻō's north flank continues to record no significant tilt and that seismic activity in the area has returned to normal. «Big Island Now, May 15»
7
Kilauea Volcano Seismicity Returns To Normal
The tiltmeter in the south caldera recorded a small decrease in tilt in a direction associated with magma accumulation in the Southwest Rift Zone. Other tiltmeters ... «Big Island Video News, May 15»
8
Kilauea Summit Update - 5/15/15
Since Thursday, tiltmeters at the summit show an increase of tilt that doesn't generally correspond with summit inflation and deflation models. HVO scientists ... «Big Island Now, May 15»
9
Kilauea Summit Update - 5/13/15
Tiltmeters at Kilauea's summit continue to record deflationary tilt since Tuesday morning, according to Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. The Overlook crater lava ... «Big Island Now, May 15»
10
Kilauea Summit Activity Increases
In addition to the tiltmeter changes at Kilauea's summit, the tiltmeter on the north flank of Puʻu ʻŌʻō has recorded a change in ground tilt. HVO says the weak ... «Big Island Now, Apr 15»

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