"tiltmeter" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tiltmeters [plural]
Etymology: tilt + -meter Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|tilt|meter}} tilt + -meter Head templates: {{en-noun}} tiltmeter (plural tiltmeters)
  1. An instrument designed to measure very small changes from the horizontal level. Wikipedia link: tiltmeter
    Sense id: en-tiltmeter-en-noun-XPcAU90e Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -meter

Inflected forms

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