English Explanatory Dictionary

ectometer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A device designed to detect ghosts.

Word forms

ectometer ectometers

Etymology

From ecto- + -meter; likely coined to describe the "psychokinetic energy detector" from the 1984 movie Ghostbusters.

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