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sonometer
An instrument for measuring rock stress. Piano wire is tuned between two bolts cemented into drill holes in the rock, and a change of pitch after destressing is observed and used to indicate stress.
- Partie du discours : noun
- Secteur d’activité/Domaine : Mines
- Catégorie : Exploitation minière; Mineral mining
- Government Agency: USBM
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- ed.young
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