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sillometers

sillometers is the plural of sillometer.

Meaning of sillometer

Noun

sillometer (plural sillometers)

  1. (historical) A 19th-century device for measuring the speed of a ship without using a log-line.
    • It is moved by a paddle, that may be placed under the keel at will, and is supported by a plug sliding in a tube like that of the sillometer, but turning with the paddle and the rod.1842, Year Book of Facts in Science and Art, page 42

Questions about sillometers

What is sillometers the plural of?
Sillometers is the plural of sillometer.

Words near sillometers in the dictionary

  1. sillographist
  2. sillographists
  3. sillographs
  4. Sillok
  5. sillometer
  6. sillometers
  7. sillon
  8. sillonated
  9. sillons
  10. Silloth
  11. Silloth-on-Solway

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