ometer

Definitions

A measuring instrument.

humorous

Examples

“On the wall were hanging thermometers, barometers, and hydrometers, and every other sort⟳ of ometer, numberless, dusty, and mysterious; […]”

“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 […]”

“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.”

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