"eriometer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: eriometers [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔριον (érion, “wool”) + -meter. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|ἔριον||wool}} Ancient Greek ἔριον (érion, “wool”), {{suffix|en||meter}} + -meter Head templates: {{en-noun}} eriometer (plural eriometers)
  1. An optical device used to measure the diameters of fibres such as wool Translations (optical device): eriòmetre [masculine] (Catalan), eriometri (Finnish), ériomètre [masculine] (French), eriometro [masculine] (Italian)

Inflected forms

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