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-meter

word-forming element meaning "device or instrument for measuring;" commonly -ometer, occasionally -imeter; from French -mètre, from Greek metron "a measure," from PIE root *me- (2) "to measure."

Entries related to -meter

  • *me-
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  • barometer
  • calorimeter
  • chronometer
  • clinometer
  • densimeter
  • galvanometer
  • gasometer
  • goniometer
  • gravimeter
  • hygrometer
  • interferometer
  • manometer
  • micrometer
  • odometer
  • photometer
  • potentiometer
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