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plegometers

plegometers is the plural of plegometer.

Meaning of plegometer

Noun

plegometer (plural plegometers)

  1. (historical) A device for measuring the force of a blow or stroke.
    • In 1839, a meeting of the Miners' Society was held at Redruth, and a wish was expressed that the duty might be calculated on a stroke measured by a plegometer instead of the method of ascertaining the number of strokes by a counter.1897, The Mining Engineer, volume 12, page 550

Questions about plegometers

What is plegometers the plural of?
Plegometers is the plural of plegometer.

Words near plegometers in the dictionary

  1. plegaphonia
  2. plegaphony
  3. plegia
  4. plegias
  5. plegometer
  6. plegometers
  7. pleiad
  8. Pleiadean
  9. Pleiadeans
  10. pleiadene
  11. Pleiades

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