noun
instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something
• Syn: ↑measuring instrument, ↑measuring device
• Hypernyms: ↑instrument
• Hyponyms:
↑accelerometer, ↑actinometer, ↑algometer, ↑altazimuth, ↑altimeter, ↑atmometer, ↑evaporometer, ↑audiometer, ↑sonometer, ↑barometer, ↑bathymeter, ↑bathometer, ↑bolometer, ↑burette, ↑buret, ↑caliper, ↑calliper, ↑calorimeter, ↑chronoscope, ↑colorimeter, ↑tintometer, ↑counter tube, ↑craniometer, ↑cryoscope, ↑declinometer, ↑transit declinometer, ↑densimeter, ↑densitometer, ↑dosemeter, ↑dosimeter, ↑dynamometer, ↑ergometer, ↑electrodynamometer, ↑electroscope, ↑eudiometer, ↑gauge, ↑gage, ↑graduate, ↑gravimeter, ↑gravity meter, ↑heliometer, ↑hematocrit, ↑haematocrit, ↑hydrometer, ↑hygrometer, ↑inclinometer, ↑dip circle, ↑integrator, ↑planimeter, ↑interferometer, ↑ionization chamber, ↑ionization tube, ↑katharometer, ↑Kundt's tube, ↑lidar, ↑log, ↑measuring stick, ↑measure, ↑measuring rod, ↑meter, ↑nephoscope, ↑octant, ↑oximeter, ↑pedometer, ↑pelvimeter, ↑photometer, ↑piezometer, ↑pipet, ↑pipette, ↑Pitot-static tube, ↑Pitot head, ↑Pitot tube, ↑Pitot, ↑plethysmograph, ↑potentiometer, ↑quadrant, ↑radar, ↑microwave radar, ↑radio detection and ranging, ↑radiolocation, ↑rangefinder, ↑range finder, ↑refractometer, ↑rheometer, ↑scale, ↑weighing machine, ↑sclerometer, ↑sector, ↑seismograph, ↑sensitometer, ↑sextant, ↑sonar, ↑echo sounder, ↑asdic, ↑spherometer, ↑spirograph, ↑spirometer, ↑static tube, ↑synchroscope, ↑synchronoscope, ↑synchronizer, ↑synchroniser, ↑tachometer, ↑tach, ↑tape, ↑tapeline, ↑tape measure, ↑tensiometer, ↑thermometer, ↑timepiece, ↑timekeeper, ↑horologe, ↑tonometer, ↑torsion balance, ↑variometer, ↑Venturi tube, ↑viscometer, ↑viscosimeter, ↑wattmeter
Useful english dictionary. 2012.