- op|i|som|e|ter
- op|i|som|e|ter «OP uh SOM uh tuhr», noun.an instrument for asuring curved lines, as on a map.╂[< Greek opísō backwards + English -meter]
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el|lip|som|e|ter — «ih lihp SOM uh tuhr», noun. an instrument for measuring ellipticity, used especially to determine the thicknesses of extremely thin films … Useful english dictionary
ex|ten|som|e|ter — «EHKS tehn SOM uh tuhr», noun. an instrument for measuring minute degrees of expansion, contraction, or deformation, as in a bar of metal. Also, extensimeter … Useful english dictionary
trans|mis|som|e|ter — «TRANS mih SOM uh tuhr, TRANZ », noun. an electronic apparatus that determines the degree of visibility, as on the runway of an airfield, by measuring the amount of light that comes through the atmosphere to a fixed point from a fixed… … Useful english dictionary
dro|som|e|ter — «druh SOM uh tuhr», noun. an instrument for measuring the quantity of dew deposited. ╂[< French drosomètre < Greek drósos dew + French mètre meter] … Useful english dictionary
hyp|som|e|ter — «hihp SOM uh tuhr», noun. an instrument for measuring altitudes of points on the earth s surface by determining atmospheric pressure from the boiling points of liquids at a given height; thermobarometer … Useful english dictionary
pul|som|e|ter — «puhl SOM uh tuhr», noun. 1. a pump operated by steam but having no piston. 2. = pulsimeter. (Cf. ↑pulsimeter) ╂[< pulse1 + meter] … Useful english dictionary
sym|pi|e|som|e|ter — «SIHM pee uh SOM uh tuhr», noun. 1. an instrument formerly used for measuring the pressure of a current of water. 2. an early form of barometer in which the pressure of the atmosphere is balanced partly by a column of liquid and partly by the… … Useful english dictionary
ter — ter; ter·a·con·ic; ter·a·cryl·ic; ter·a·glin; ter·aph; ter·as; ter·a·tism; ter·a·to·genesis; ter·a·to·gen·ic; ter·a·to·log·i·cal; ter·a·tol·o·gist; ter·a·tol·o·gy; ter·a·to·ma; ter·a·to·sis; ter·bi·um; ter·centennial; ter·centesimal; ter·ce·ron;… … English syllables
som — au·to·som·al; bar·som; ba·som·ma·toph·o·ra; be·som; blos·som·less; blos·som·ry; cho·a·no·som·al; chon·drio·som·al; chro·mo·som·al; chro·mo·som·ol·o·gy; com·pres·som·e·ter; con·som·mé; dro·som·e·ter; ec·to·som·al; el·lip·som·e·ter; ep·som·ite;… … English syllables
ax|om|e|ter — «ak SOM uh tuhr», noun. an optician s measuring device used in determining the optical centers of the lenses and adjusting their positions in relation to the centers of the eyes. ╂[< Greek áxōn axis + English meter] … Useful english dictionary
