-meter
See also: meter, Meter, and méter
English
Alternative forms
- -metre (Britain, nonstandard)
- -ometer
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”).
Suffix
-meter
- Used to form the names of measuring devices.
Usage notes
- Whereas the spelling of the unit of length varies between British (metre) and American (meter) English, the spelling of this suffix is -meter in both. -metre is a nonstandard alternative form found in British English.
- Words with the suffix -ometer always have a primary stress on the antepenultimate syllable: barometer, speedometer, tachometer, etc. Words derived from meter (or metre) with a prefix usually have a primary stress on the first syllable: centimeter, millimeter, etc.
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:English_words_suffixed_with_-meter' title='Category:English words suffixed with -meter'>English words suffixed with -meter</a>
- hemacytometer, hemocytometer
- ceilometer
- colorimeter
- densimeter
- densitometer
- dilatometer
- dynamometer
- erythrocytometer
- esthesiometer
- extensometer
- manometer
- microdensitometer
- osmometer
- penetrometer
- pluviometer
- potentiometer
- pulsometer
- pyrheliometer
- reflectometer
- respirometer
- rheogoniometer
- saccharimeter
- salimeter
- salinometer
- salometer
- sclerometer
- sensitometer
- solarimeter
- spectrophotometer
- spherometer
- sphygmomanometer
- strainometer
- taximeter
- tellurometer
- tensimeter
- tensiometer
- transmissometer
- turbidimeter
- ultramicrometer
- urinometer
- variometer
- velocimeter
- vinometer
- viscosimeter
- voltammeter
- volumeter
- zymometer
Translations
used to form a measuring device
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Anagrams
- -metre, -treme, Emert, metre, remet, retem