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goniometer

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goniometer /go·ni·om·e·ter/ (go″ne-om´ĕ-ter)
1. an instrument for measuring angles.
2. a plank that can be tilted at one end to any height, used in testing for labyrinthine disease.
finger goniometer  one for measuring the limits of flexion and extension of the interphalangeal joints of the fingers.
go·ni·om·e·ter (gn-m-tr)
n.
1. An optical instrument for measuring crystal angles, as between crystal faces.
2. See arthrometer.
goniometer
[gon′ē·om′ətər]
an instrument used to measure angles, particularly range-of-motion angles of a joint.
goniometer
an instrument for measuring angles; the instrument used in goniometry.


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