Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ectometer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ec-tome-ter
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A device designed to detect ghosts.

Example Sentences

"This handheld ectoplasmic scanning device was developed to detect spirit activity within an area. It has a location map to pinpoint a spirit's location and an ectometer to determine density of trace matter and spirit strength"
"I can't go about with an ectometer, scanning for murder scenes and Lord Byron's lost socks."
"I rub my finger around the rim of the goblet until it hums its menacing tone. I tune the ectometer and find Karl quickly this time."

Etymology

From ecto- + -meter; likely coined to describe the "psychokinetic energy detector" from the 1984 movie Ghostbusters.

Inflected Forms

ectometers (plural)

Questions

What does ectometer mean?: A device designed to detect ghosts.
Where does ectometer come from?: From ecto- + -meter; likely coined to describe the "psychokinetic energy detector" from the 1984 movie Ghostbusters.

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