penetrometer
Aussprache: [ˌpɛnɪˈtrɒmɪtər]
Wort
Kontext: „engineering“
(noun) a tool used to measure the resistance of soil or other materials. It's like a special stick that helps us understand how hard or soft the ground is.
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The engineer used a penetrometer to check how strong the soil was before building the house.
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Without a penetrometer, we cannot know if the ground is too soft for construction.
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Did the technician use a penetrometer to test the ground for the new park?
Kontext: „geology“
(noun) a device that measures how much a material can be pushed into the ground. It helps scientists learn about the layers of the earth.
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The geologist took readings with the penetrometer to study the different layers of soil.
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The study would be incomplete without data from the penetrometer.
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What did the penetrometer reveal about the underground layers?
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