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lagometer

lagometer noun: a display of the amount of latency (lag) experienced in an online game.

Noun

lagometer (plural lagometers)

  1. A display of the amount of latency (lag) experienced in an online game.
    • Lag, in particular, is a serious problem in the larger groups; LambdaMOO even introduced a '"lagometer" on screen at one point.2006, David Crystal, “The language of virtual worlds”, in Language and the Internet, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 184
  2. A device that measures any other sort of lag.
    • The lagometer has been designed by Siemens Bros. and Co. for measuring time constants of relays.1940, “The Lagometer”, in Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society, volume 44, number 2, page 12
    • The temperature of the solution in the padder and of the water in washing boxes is controlled by means of a lagometer.1978, Fedor Ivanovich Sadov, Mikhail Vladimirovich Korchagin, A. Matetsky, Chemical Technology of Fibrous Materials, Mir Publishers, page 538

Forms of lagometer

plurallagometers

Questions about lagometer

What does lagometer mean?
Lagometer means a display of the amount of latency (lag) experienced in an online game.
What part of speech is lagometer?
Lagometer is a noun.
What is the plural of lagometer?
The plural of lagometer is lagometers.

Words near lagometer in the dictionary

  1. lagoena
  2. lagoenae
  3. lagom
  4. lagomerycid
  5. lagomerycids
  6. lagometer
  7. lagomorph
  8. lagomorphic
  9. lagomorphous
  10. lagomorphs
  11. lagona

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