-meter

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-meter

a combining form meaning “measure,” used in the names of instruments measuring quantity, extent, degree, etc.: altimeter; barometer.

Compare -metry.

Origin:
< NL -metrum < Gk métron measure

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-meter
suff. Measuring device: anemometer.

[French -mètre, from Greek metron, measure; see mē-² in Indo-European roots.]

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-meter suff.
Measuring device: refractometer.

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