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horizometer

horizometer noun: an instrument for measuring the distance of an object at sea by measuring the angle of depression of its waterline below a horizontal line drawn from the eye of the observer.

Noun

horizometer (plural horizometers)

  1. (historical) An instrument for measuring the distance of an object at sea by measuring the angle of depression of its waterline below a horizontal line drawn from the eye of the observer.

Forms of horizometer

pluralhorizometers

Questions about horizometer

What does horizometer mean?
Horizometer means an instrument for measuring the distance of an object at sea by measuring the angle of depression of its waterline below a horizontal line drawn from the eye of the observer.
What part of speech is horizometer?
Horizometer is a noun.
What is the plural of horizometer?
The plural of horizometer is horizometers.

Words near horizometer in the dictionary

  1. horisons
  2. Horite
  3. Horites
  4. Horiuchi
  5. Horiuchis
  6. horizometer
  7. horizometers
  8. horizon
  9. Horizon Deep
  10. horizon effect
  11. horizon effects

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