(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:16:08

Du*rom"e*ter (?), n. [L. durus hard + -meter.]

An instrument for measuring the degree of hardness; especially, an instrument for testing the relative hardness of steel rails and the like.

 

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