[f. Gr. τασε-, stem of τάσις tension + -METER.] (See quot.)
1880. Telegraphic Jrnl., VI. 126.
1884. Knight, Dict. Mech., Suppl., Taseometer, invented by Steiner, of Vienna, for measuring the strains of structures. It depends upon the tone given out by a wire or strip when stretched. The wire being attached the variation in length of the bar causes a change in the tone.
