See strainmeter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": ":af",
"3": "strain",
"4": "-meter",
"text": "+",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish strain\nProto-Indo-European *meh₁-\nProto-Indo-European *-tḗr\nProto-Indo-European *-trom\nProto-Hellenic *-tron\nAncient Greek -τρον (-tron)\nAncient Greek μέτρον (métron)der.\nEnglish -meter\nEnglish strainmeter\n[Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"measure\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*meh₁-\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" }, { \"id\" : \"instrument\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"instrument\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"tool noun\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"agent noun\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-tḗr\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-trom\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Hellenic\", \"term\" : \"*-tron\", \"lang\" : \"grk-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"-τρον\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"μέτρον\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"-meter\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"strainmeter\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"strainmeter\">\nFrom strain + -meter.",
"name": "ety"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nEnglish strain\nProto-Indo-European *meh₁-\nProto-Indo-European *-tḗr\nProto-Indo-European *-trom\nProto-Hellenic *-tron\nAncient Greek -τρον (-tron)\nAncient Greek μέτρον (métron)der.\nEnglish -meter\nEnglish strainmeter\nFrom strain + -meter.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "strainmeters",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "strainmeter (plural strainmeters)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries referencing missing etymons",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with etymology texts",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with etymology trees",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -meter",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with etymology trees",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Measuring instruments",
"orig": "en:Measuring instruments",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A scientific instrument used by geophysicists to measure the deformation of the Earth."
],
"id": "en-strainmeter-en-noun-fk48C2rW",
"links": [
[
"scientific",
"scientific"
],
[
"instrument",
"instrument"
],
[
"geophysicist",
"geophysicist"
],
[
"measure",
"measure"
],
[
"deformation",
"deformation"
],
[
"Earth",
"Earth"
]
]
}
],
"word": "strainmeter"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": ":af",
"3": "strain",
"4": "-meter",
"text": "+",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish strain\nProto-Indo-European *meh₁-\nProto-Indo-European *-tḗr\nProto-Indo-European *-trom\nProto-Hellenic *-tron\nAncient Greek -τρον (-tron)\nAncient Greek μέτρον (métron)der.\nEnglish -meter\nEnglish strainmeter\n[Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"measure\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*meh₁-\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" }, { \"id\" : \"instrument\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"instrument\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"tool noun\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"agent noun\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-tḗr\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-trom\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Hellenic\", \"term\" : \"*-tron\", \"lang\" : \"grk-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"-τρον\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"μέτρον\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"-meter\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"strainmeter\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"strainmeter\">\nFrom strain + -meter.",
"name": "ety"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nEnglish strain\nProto-Indo-European *meh₁-\nProto-Indo-European *-tḗr\nProto-Indo-European *-trom\nProto-Hellenic *-tron\nAncient Greek -τρον (-tron)\nAncient Greek μέτρον (métron)der.\nEnglish -meter\nEnglish strainmeter\nFrom strain + -meter.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "strainmeters",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "strainmeter (plural strainmeters)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries referencing missing etymons",
"English entries with etymology texts",
"English entries with etymology trees",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *meh₁-",
"English terms suffixed with -meter",
"Pages using etymon with no ID",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Pages with etymology trees",
"en:Measuring instruments"
],
"glosses": [
"A scientific instrument used by geophysicists to measure the deformation of the Earth."
],
"links": [
[
"scientific",
"scientific"
],
[
"instrument",
"instrument"
],
[
"geophysicist",
"geophysicist"
],
[
"measure",
"measure"
],
[
"deformation",
"deformation"
],
[
"Earth",
"Earth"
]
]
}
],
"word": "strainmeter"
}
Download raw JSONL data for strainmeter meaning in English (3.3kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-06-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-06-01 using wiktextract (03da280 and 7f4db16). 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.