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pirameter

pirameter is the alternative form of peirameter.

Meaning of peirameter

Noun

peirameter (plural peirameters)

  1. (dated) A dynamometer for measuring the force required to draw wheel carriages on roads of different constructions.
    • if, then, the peirameter be drawn forward, the carriage which moves the easiest will get before the other1816, R. B. Bryan, Thomas Brown, F. Fox, “Report […] on the Experiments upon Wheel-carriages […] ”, in Philosophical Magazine

Forms of pirameter

pluralpirameters

Questions about pirameter

What is pirameter the alternative form of?
Pirameter is the alternative form of peirameter.

Words near pirameter in the dictionary

  1. Pirainos
  2. pirais
  3. Pirakya
  4. pirambeba
  5. pirambebas
  6. pirameter
  7. pirameters
  8. piramid
  9. pirana
  10. piranas
  11. pirandamine

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