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echometer

echometer noun: a graduated scale for measuring the duration of sounds and determining the relation of their intervals.

Noun

echometer (plural echometers)

  1. A graduated scale for measuring the duration of sounds and determining the relation of their intervals.
    • nothing would be more advantageous than the use of his general Echometer to determine precisely the duration of measures and of beats1781, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Essay on the Origin of Languages and Writings Related to Music

echometer meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

echometer in Tamil

எதிரொலிமானி

echometer in Indonesian

scale
ekometer

Forms of echometer

pluralechometers

Origin of echometer

From echo- + -meter.

Questions about echometer

What does echometer mean?
Echometer means a graduated scale for measuring the duration of sounds and determining the relation of their intervals.
What is echometer in Tamil?
Echometer in Tamil is எதிரொலிமானி. See Echometer meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is echometer?
Echometer is a noun.
What is the plural of echometer?
The plural of echometer is echometers.

Words near echometer in the dictionary

  1. echolucencies
  2. echolucency
  3. echolucent
  4. echomail
  5. echomatism
  6. echometer
  7. echometers
  8. echometric
  9. echometrically
  10. echometry
  11. echomimia

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