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ectometer

ectometer noun: a device designed to detect ghosts.

Noun

ectometer (plural ectometers)

  1. A device designed to detect ghosts.
    • This handheld ectoplasmic scanning device was developed to detect spirit activity within an area. It has a location map to pinpoint a spirit's location and an ectometer to determine density of trace matter and spirit strength1995 02, Web Games, Keith Bailey, Web of Stars, →ISBN
    • I can't go about with an ectometer, scanning for murder scenes and Lord Byron's lost socks.2011 October 6, Justin Evans, The White Devil: 'An intelligent, bristling ghost story with a stunning sense of place', Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl, Hachette UK, →ISBN

Forms of ectometer

pluralectometers

Origin of ectometer

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

Questions about ectometer

What does ectometer mean?
Ectometer means a device designed to detect ghosts.
What part of speech is ectometer?
Ectometer is a noun.
What is the plural of ectometer?
The plural of ectometer is ectometers.

Words near ectometer in the dictionary

  1. ectomesocuneiforms
  2. ectomesolophid
  3. ectomesolophids
  4. ectometaloph
  5. ectometalophs
  6. ectometer
  7. ectomicrobiota
  8. ectomies
  9. ectomorph
  10. ectomorphic
  11. ectomorphically

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