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ometer

ometer noun: a measuring instrument.

Noun

ometer (plural ometers)

  1. (humorous) A measuring instrument.
    • On the wall were hanging thermometers, barometers, and hydrometers, and every other sort of ometer, numberless, dusty, and mysterious; […]1843, John Holmes Agnew, Eclectic Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art
    • Oh, that some one would invent an ometer which, hung over the heart and lungs, might decide when a man ought to stop brain work. The man who invented such an ometer would make a fortune for himself […]1887, N. A. Shenstone, Anecdotes of Henry Ward Beecher, page 328

Forms of ometer

pluralometers

Origin of ometer

From -ometer.

Questions about ometer

What does ometer mean?
Ometer means a measuring instrument.
What part of speech is ometer?
Ometer is a noun.
What is the plural of ometer?
The plural of ometer is ometers.

Words near ometer in the dictionary

  1. omertas
  2. omertà
  3. omertàs
  4. omes
  5. Ometepec
  6. ometer
  7. ometers
  8. omethoate
  9. omfg
  10. OMFS
  11. omg

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