Ometer
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ometer is a noun meaning (humorous) A measuring instrument.
Meaning
(humorous) A measuring instrument.
Example Sentences
On the wall were hanging thermometers, barometers, and hydrometers, and every other sort of ometer, numberless, dusty, and mysterious; […]
We have thermometers to tell the heat and barometers to tell the air and 'ometers hung in the engine-room to tell the pressure of steam, and 'ometers to gauge and measure almost everything.
Oh, that some one would invent an ometer which, hung over the heart and lungs, might decide when a man ought to stop brain work. The man who invented such an ometer would make a fortune for himself […]
Word Forms
- ometers
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