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spherometer

spherometer noun: a device used to measure the curvature of a surface, such as a lens.

spherometer: a device used to measure the curvature of a surface, such as a lens
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Noun

spherometer (plural spherometers)

  1. A device used to measure the curvature of a surface, such as a lens.
    • More precisely, a spherometer directly measures a sagitta (distance between a point and a chord), allowing the radius of curvature to be calculated.

spherometer meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Malay

spherometer in Tamil

கோள அளவி, கோளமானி, கோள விந்தணு, வாலற்ற விந்தணு

spherometer in Malayalam

ഗോളക മാപി

spherometer in Malay

measuring device
sferometer

Forms of spherometer

pluralspherometers

Origin of spherometer

From sphero- + -meter.

Questions about spherometer

What does spherometer mean?
Spherometer means a device used to measure the curvature of a surface, such as a lens.
What is spherometer in Tamil?
Spherometer in Tamil is கோள அளவி, கோளமானி, கோள விந்தணு. See Spherometer meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is spherometer?
Spherometer is a noun.
What is the plural of spherometer?
The plural of spherometer is spherometers.

Words near spherometer in the dictionary

  1. spheromaks
  2. spheromastigote
  3. spheromastigotes
  4. spheromere
  5. spheromeres
  6. spherometer
  7. spherometers
  8. spheronisation
  9. spheronise
  10. spheronised
  11. spheronization

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spherometer (page history and authors); spherometer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); spherometer (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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