Term Name: | test apparatus method utilizing mechanical transducer |
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Definition: | A method utilizing a piece of physical instrumentation, machinery or equipment designed and used to measure the movements and/or behaviors of an organism, that makes use of a mechanical transducer to convert a physical/mechanical force or displacement signal to another, recordable, signal type. |
Ontology: | Measurement Methods Ontology [MMO:0000454] |