10-letter words containing meter
- heliometer — a telescope with a divided, adjustable objective, formerly used to measure small angular distances, as those between celestial bodies.
- heptameter — a verse of seven metrical feet.
- hexameters — Plural form of hexameter.
- hydrometer — an instrument for determining the specific gravity of a liquid, commonly consisting of a graduated tube weighted to float upright in the liquid whose specific gravity is being measured.
- hyetometer — an instrument used to measure rainfall
- hygrometer — any instrument for measuring the water-vapor content of the atmosphere.
- hypermeter — a verse or line containing additional syllables after those proper to the meter.
- hypsometer — thermobarometer (def 1).
- iconometer — an instrument for finding the size of an object by measuring its image
- kilometers — a unit of length, the common measure of distances equal to 1000 meters, and equivalent to 3280.8 feet or 0.621 mile. Abbreviation: km.
- lactometer — an instrument for determining the specific gravity of milk.
- macrometer — An instrument for determining the size or distance of inaccessible objects by means of two reflectors on a common sextant.
- manometers — Plural form of manometer.
- meatometer — A device to measure the width of a human's urinary meatus.
- meter maid — a female member of a police or traffic department responsible for issuing tickets for parking violations.
- meterology — Misspelling of meteorology.
- micrometer — micron (def 1).
- mileometer — device calculating miles travelled
- millimeter — a unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter and equivalent to 0.03937 inch. Abbreviation: mm.
- multimeter — a device consisting of one or more meters, as an ammeter and voltmeter, used to measure two or more electrical quantities in an electric circuit, as voltage, resistance, and current.
- myriameter — Alternative form of myriametre.
- nanometers — Plural form of nanometer.
- nephometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of cloud cover in the sky.
- nitrometer — an apparatus for determining the amount of nitrogen or nitrogen compounds in a substance or mixture.
- octameters — Plural form of octameter.
- ombrometer — An instrument for measuring rainfall.
- opisometer — an instrument used to measure curved lines on a map
- osmeterium — a glandular process on the first thoracic segment of many caterpillars that emits a noxious odor to ward off predators.
- osmometers — Plural form of osmometer.
- pachymeter — an instrument for measuring thickness
- parameters — Mathematics. a constant or variable term in a function that determines the specific form of the function but not its general nature, as a in f (x) = ax, where a determines only the slope of the line described by f (x). one of the independent variables in a set of parametric equations.
- passimeter — a turnstile attached to a ticket booth or ticket machine
- pelvimeter — an instrument used to measure the pelvis
- pentameter — a line of verse consisting of five metrical feet.
- phonometer — a device for measuring the intensity of a sound.
- photometer — an instrument that measures luminous intensity or brightness, luminous flux, light distribution, color, etc., usually by comparing the light emitted by two sources, one source having certain specified standard characteristics.
- piezometer — any of several instruments for measuring the pressure of a fluid or the compressibility of a substance when subjected to such a pressure.
- planimeter — an instrument for measuring mechanically the area of plane figures.
- planometer — surface plate.
- pleximeter — a small, thin plate, as of ivory, placed against the body to mediate the blow of a plexor.
- pulsimeter — an instrument for measuring the strength or quickness of the pulse.
- pulsometer — a pulsimeter.
- pycnometer — a container used for determining the density of a liquid or powder, having a specific volume and often provided with a thermometer to indicate the temperature of the contained substance.
- radiometer — Also called Crookes radiometer. an instrument for demonstrating the transformation of radiant energy into mechanical work, consisting of an exhausted glass vessel containing vanes that revolve about an axis when exposed to light.
- ratiometer — (in three-color photography) a device for determining the exposure factors of the filters to be used.
- scotometer — a device used for measuring a scotoma's size, shape and intensity
- slot meter — a meter into which coins are inserted, in advance, to pay for electricity (as opposed to a meter that records the amount of electricity the customer has used, for which they are later billed, usually each quarter)
- spirometer — an instrument for determining the capacity of the lungs.
- spot meter — an exposure meter that measures light reflected from only a small area of a subject or scene.
- stadimeter — an instrument for determining the distance between an observer and an object of known height by measurement of the angle subtended by the object.