Sextuple Meter: Compound metrical pattern of six beats to a measure. (1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6). Notice that each beat subdivides into three rather than two.

 

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Sextuple Meter: Compound metrical pattern of six beats to a measure. (1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6). Notice that each beat subdivides into three rather than two.

Pitch Diameter: The diameter of a thread at an imaginary point where the width of the groove and the with of the thread are equal.

Picometer: One picometer is 10-12 meters.

Photometer: Any of a number of atmospheric phenomena which appear as luminous patterns in the sky. They do not directly cause adverse weather. They include halos, coronas. rainbows, and fogbows.

Personal People Meter (PPM): Hardware currently being tested by Arbitron. The PPM is a pager-sized device that is worn by consumers throughout the day to automatically detect inaudible codes that radio and television br . . . View Full Definition

Port Diameter: The measurement across the port opening. Measured as internal diameter (not outer diameter .

Pressure Altimeter: An aneroid barometer calibrated to indicate altitude in feet instead of units of pressure. It is read accurately only in a standard atmosphere and when the correct altimeter setting is used.

Quadruple Meter: Basic metrical pattern of four beats to a measure: also common time.

Pyrometer: A device for measuring the high temperatures in a heat-treating furnace.

Psychrometer: An instrument used to measure water vapor content of the atmosphere. It consists of two thermometers, a wet bulb and dry bulb. May also be referred to as a sling psychrometer.