strain gage
- noun
- /streɪn ɡeɪdʒ/
- Specialized
:
galga de deformación
- The engineer installed the strain gage on the bridge to monitor any deformation under heavy loads.
- strain gage transducer
- strain gage rosette
- strain gage unit
Examples
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Rectangular strain gage rosettes were attached to the frames near the cross tube center pin and on the side frame behind a front caster.
Academic text (1995) -
The strain gage wiring terminal blocks are shown schematically to indicate the orientation of the gage elements (Figure 3).
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The collection of dynamic strain gage data serves two purposes.
Academic text (1993) -
A small and lightweight signal conditioning unit for use with strain-gage transducers is described.
Academic text (1995) -
A simple and lightweight unit for conditioning three channels from a strain-gage transducer is described in this technical note.
Academic text (1995) -
The unit is designed to be connected to three full Wheatstone bridge circuits, a circuit typically used in strain-gage force transducers.
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In this technical note, a small, lightweight three-channel signal conditioning unit for a strain-gage transducer is described.
Academic text (1995) -
Strain-gage transducer applications in biomechanics research can require a small and lightweight signal conditioning unit.
Academic text (1995) -
The data set designated TRD55 is from a 4-second treadmill test on the manual wheelchair, recording strain gage rosette XG1.
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Researchers used a strain gage to measure the stress on the beam during the experiment.
Synonyms
A small object that measures how much a surface stretches or bends
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a device used to measure strain' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'strain' (deformation) with 'gage' (a measuring instrument). The noun+noun compounding pattern where the second element denotes an instrument and the first names the quantity measured is common in English and other languages, so a learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The term strain gage comes from the words strain and gage, where 'strain' means 'a stretch or bend' and 'gage' is an old spelling of 'gauge', a measuring tool. A strain gage is a small device glued to a surface to show how much it stretches or bends, so the name literally means 'a tool to measure strain'.
