"spherometer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: spherometers [plural]
Etymology: sphero- + -meter. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|sphero|meter}} sphero- + -meter Head templates: {{en-noun}} spherometer (plural spherometers)
  1. (optics) A device used to measure the curvature of a surface, such as a lens. Wikipedia link: spherometer Categories (topical): Measuring instruments, Optics Translations (measuring device): esferòmetre [masculine] (Catalan), esferómetro [masculine] (Galician), sferometro [masculine] (Italian), sferometer (Malay), esferómetro [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), esferômetro [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), esferómetro [masculine] (Spanish)

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