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profilometer

profilometer noun: a device designed to measure the profile, and hence the roughness, of a surface.

Noun

profilometer (plural profilometers)

  1. A device designed to measure the profile, and hence the roughness, of a surface.

Forms of profilometer

pluralprofilometers

Origin of profilometer

From profile + -o- + -meter.

Questions about profilometer

What does profilometer mean?
Profilometer means a device designed to measure the profile, and hence the roughness, of a surface.
What part of speech is profilometer?
Profilometer is a noun.
What is the plural of profilometer?
The plural of profilometer is profilometers.

Words near profilometer in the dictionary

  1. profilins
  2. profilist
  3. profilists
  4. profilograph
  5. profilographs
  6. profilometer
  7. profilometers
  8. profilometric
  9. profilometrical
  10. profilometrically
  11. profilometries

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