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dynamometer
Any of various devices used to measure the power output of a machine or of the force of muscular contraction. A small hand-held dynamometer may be used to record the strength of a patient's grip. A special optical dynamometer measures the actions of the muscles controlling the shape of the lens of the eye.
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