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gravelometer

gravelometer noun: a device that measures the resistance to damage of a surface caused by flying grit and gravel etc.

Noun

gravelometer (plural gravelometers)

  1. A device that measures the resistance to damage of a surface caused by flying grit and gravel etc.
    • All individual samplers selected similar-sized substrates (+/- one size class of the gravelometer) at three predetermined locations along a transect (location 1 (chi-sq = 0.72, df = 3, P = 0.87), location 2 (chi-sq = 1.31, df = 3, P = 0.73), location 3 (chi-sq = 7.25, df = 3, P = 0.06)...2015 November 6, “How Big of an Effect Do Small Dams Have? Using Geomorphological Footprints to Quantify Spatial Impact of Low-Head Dams and Identify Patterns of Across-Dam Variation”, in PLOS ONE...

Forms of gravelometer

pluralgravelometers

Origin of gravelometer

From gravel + -meter.

Questions about gravelometer

What does gravelometer mean?
Gravelometer means a device that measures the resistance to damage of a surface caused by flying grit and gravel etc.
What part of speech is gravelometer?
Gravelometer is a noun.
What is the plural of gravelometer?
The plural of gravelometer is gravelometers.

Words near gravelometer in the dictionary

  1. gravellish
  2. gravellous
  3. gravelly
  4. Gravelly Beach
  5. Gravelly Hill
  6. gravelometer
  7. gravelometers
  8. gravelous
  9. gravelroot
  10. gravels
  11. gravelweed

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