(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:09:39

-me"ter (?). [L. metrum measure, or the allied Gr. . See Meter rhythm.]

A suffix denoting that by which anything is measured; as, barometer, chronometer, dynamometer.

 

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