-meter

See also meter

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μέτρον (metron, “measure”).

Suffix

-meter

1. Used to form the names of measuring devices.

Usage notes

• Unlike the unit of length (meter/metre), this spelling applies to both American and British English.
• Words with the suffix -meter always has 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

measuring devices

accelerometer acidimeter actinometer aerometer alcoholometer alkalimeter altimeter ammeter anemometer atmometer audiometer barometer bathometer bolometer calorimeter ceilometer cephalometer chronometer clinometer colorimeter coulometer craniometer cryometer cyclometer cytophotometer densimeter densitometer dilatometer dimeter dioptometer dosimeter dynamometer electrodynamometer electrometer

ergometer erythrocytometer esthesiometer exposure meter extensometer fathometer flowmeter fluorometer flushometer galvanometer gasometer goniometer gravimeter hectometer heliometer hemacytometer heroic meter hydrometer hygrometer hypsometer inclinometer interferometer intervalometer lactometer light meter Machmeter magnetometer manometer microdensitometer monometer nephelometer

odometer ohmmeter olfactometer osmometer oximeter peakflowmeter pedometer penetrameter penetrometer photometer piezometer planimeter planometer pluviometer pneumatometer polarimeter potentiometer psychrometer pulsometer pycnometer pyrheliometer pyrometer radiometer reflectometer refractometer respirometer rheogoniometer rheometer saccharimeter saccharometer salimeter salinometer salometer

sclerometer seismometer semidiameter sensitometer solarimeter sonometer spectrometer spectrophotometer speedometer spherometer sphygmomanometer spirometer strainometer tachometer tachymeter taximeter telemeter tellurometer tensimeter tensiometer thermometer tonometer transmissometer turbidimeter udometer ultramicrometer urinometer variometer velocimeter vinometer viscometer viscosimeter voltammeter voltmeter volumeter wattmeter zymometer

Translations

used to form a measuring device

• Asturian: -metru (ast) m
• Catalan: -metre (ca) m
• French: -mètre (fr)
• Galician: -metro (gl) m
• Italian: -metro (it) m

• Japanese: 計 (ja) (kei)
• Korean: 계 (ko) (gye)
• Persian: ـسنج (fa) (-sanj)
• Polish: -mierz (pl) m
• Spanish: -metro (es) m