English Explanatory Dictionary

-meter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Used to form the names of measuring devices.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

-meter -meters -metre -o-meter -ometer

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)der. English -meter From Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”).

Derived words

barometer ceilometer colorimeter densimeter densitometer dilatometer dynamometer erythrocytometer esthesiometer extensometer hemacytometer hemocytometer manometer microdensitometer odometer osmometer pedometer penetrometer pluviometer potentiometer pulsometer pyrheliometer reflectometer respirometer rheogoniometer saccharimeter salimeter salinometer salometer sclerometer sensitometer solarimeter spectrophotometer speedometer spherometer sphygmomanometer strainometer tachometer taximeter tellurometer tensimeter tensiometer transmissometer turbidimeter ultramicrometer urinometer variometer velocimeter vinometer viscosimeter voltammeter volumeter zymometer
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