"variometer" meaning in All languages combined

See variometer on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: variometers [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin varius (“various”) + -meter. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|varius||various}} Latin varius (“various”), {{suffix|en||meter}} + -meter Head templates: {{en-noun}} variometer (plural variometers)
  1. An instrument used to measure variations in a magnetic field.
    Sense id: en-variometer-en-noun-1KRHZIij Categories (other): Measuring instruments Disambiguation of Measuring instruments: 83 17
  2. (aviation) A rate-of-climb indicator. Synonyms: vario [informal]
    Sense id: en-variometer-en-noun-aGYm5pKT Categories (other): Aviation, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -meter, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -meter: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 84 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: variometric, variometry

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "varius",
        "4": "",
        "5": "various"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin varius (“various”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "",
        "3": "meter"
      },
      "expansion": "+ -meter",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin varius (“various”) + -meter.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "variometers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "variometer (plural variometers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "variometric"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "variometry"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "83 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Measuring instruments",
          "orig": "en:Measuring instruments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An instrument used to measure variations in a magnetic field."
      ],
      "id": "en-variometer-en-noun-1KRHZIij",
      "links": [
        [
          "instrument",
          "instrument"
        ],
        [
          "variation",
          "variation"
        ],
        [
          "magnetic field",
          "magnetic field"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Aviation",
          "orig": "en:Aviation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 80",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 75",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -meter",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 85",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A rate-of-climb indicator."
      ],
      "id": "en-variometer-en-noun-aGYm5pKT",
      "links": [
        [
          "aviation",
          "aviation"
        ],
        [
          "rate-of-climb indicator",
          "rate-of-climb indicator"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(aviation) A rate-of-climb indicator."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "informal"
          ],
          "word": "vario"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "aeronautics",
        "aerospace",
        "aviation",
        "business",
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "variometer"
  ],
  "word": "variometer"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms suffixed with -meter",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "en:Measuring instruments"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "varius",
        "4": "",
        "5": "various"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin varius (“various”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "",
        "3": "meter"
      },
      "expansion": "+ -meter",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin varius (“various”) + -meter.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "variometers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "variometer (plural variometers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "variometric"
    },
    {
      "word": "variometry"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An instrument used to measure variations in a magnetic field."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "instrument",
          "instrument"
        ],
        [
          "variation",
          "variation"
        ],
        [
          "magnetic field",
          "magnetic field"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Aviation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A rate-of-climb indicator."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "aviation",
          "aviation"
        ],
        [
          "rate-of-climb indicator",
          "rate-of-climb indicator"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(aviation) A rate-of-climb indicator."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "informal"
          ],
          "word": "vario"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "aeronautics",
        "aerospace",
        "aviation",
        "business",
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "variometer"
  ],
  "word": "variometer"
}

Download raw JSONL data for variometer meaning in All languages combined (1.5kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-05-13 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-01 using wiktextract (9a214a4 and 1b6da77). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.