"profilometer" meaning in English

See profilometer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: profilometers [plural]
Etymology: profile + -o- + -meter Etymology templates: {{af|en|profile|-o-|-meter}} profile + -o- + -meter Head templates: {{en-noun}} profilometer (plural profilometers)
  1. A device designed to measure the profile, and hence the roughness, of a surface. Wikipedia link: profilometer Categories (topical): Measuring instruments Hyponyms: bumpometer

Inflected forms

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