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halometer

halometer noun: an instrument for measuring the forms and angles of salts and crystals.

Noun

halometer (plural halometers)

  1. An instrument for measuring the forms and angles of salts and crystals.
  2. An instrument for determining the size of blood cells by measuring the angular diameter of diffraction of light passing through the blood.
    • When a small source of light is viewed through a thin blood film on a glass slide, a circular coloured pattern, or halo, is seen. The angular diameter of this halo is inversely proportional to the diameter of the blood cell and it is this which the halometer measures.1949, J. W. D. Megaw, The Indian Medical Gazette - Volume 84, page 312

Synonyms of halometer

Forms of halometer

pluralhalometers

Origin of halometer

From halo- + -meter.

Questions about halometer

What does halometer mean?
Halometer means an instrument for measuring the forms and angles of salts and crystals.
What part of speech is halometer?
Halometer is a noun.
What is the plural of halometer?
The plural of halometer is halometers.

Words near halometer in the dictionary

  1. halolysins
  2. halomancy
  3. halometallate
  4. halometallates
  5. halometasone
  6. halometer
  7. halometers
  8. halomethane
  9. halomethanes
  10. halomethasone
  11. halomethyl

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