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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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725 words match “METER”

ALTIMETER n.
An instrument for taking altitudes, as a quadrant, sextant, etc. Knight.
ALTOMETER n.
A theodolite. Knight.
AMMETER n.
A contraction of amperometer or ampèremeter.
AMPEREMETER; AMPEROMETER n.
An instrument for measuring the strength of an electrical current in ampères.
AMYLOMETER n.
Instrument for determining the amount of starch in a substance.
ANEMOMETER n.
An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of the wind; a wind gauge.
ANGLEMETER n.
An instrument to measure angles, esp. one used by geologists to measure the dip of strata.
ANGULOMETER n.
An instrument for measuring external angles.
ANTHRACOMETER n.
An instrument for measuring the amount of carbonic acid in a mixture.
ANTIMETER n.
A modification of the quadrant, for measuring small angles. [Obs.]
APOMECOMETER n.
An instrument for measuring the height of objects. Knight.
ARAEOMETER n.
See Areometer.
AREOMETER n.
An instrument for measuring the specific gravity of fluids; a form hydrometer.
ARITHMOMETER n.
A calculating machine.
ASTROMETER n.
An instrument for comparing the relative amount of the light of stars.
ASTROPHOTOMETER n.
A photometer for measuring the brightness of stars.
ATMIDOMETER n.
An instrument for measuring the evaporation from water, ice, or snow. Brande & C.
ATMOMETER n.
An instrument for measuring the rate of evaporation from a moist surface; an evaporometer. Huxley.
AUDIOMETER n.
An instrument by which the power of hearing can be gauged and recorded on a scale.
AUXANOMETER n.
An instrument to measure the growth of plants. Goodale.
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